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The “Buontalenti” icecream
This gelato, named after Bernardo Buontalenti, a sixteenth-century Florentine who may have been one of the world’s original ice-cream makers, is made with any number of flavorings. The “secret” ingredient is usually a liqueur (such as Di Saronno Amaretto). A delicious alternative would be a pinch of mixed spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice
Ingredients :
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup minus 1 tablespoon superfine granulated sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon Di Saronno Amaretto or other flavoring (see note, above)
Preparation :
In a 2-quart heavy saucepan bring milk and about half of sugar just to a simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Have ready a large bowl of ice and cold water. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat yolks and remaining sugar until thick and pale. Add hot milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking, and pour into saucepan. Cook custard over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until a thermometer registers 170°F. (Do not let boil.) Pour custard through a sieve into a metal bowl set in ice and cold water and cool. Stir in cream and add liqueur. Chill custard, covered, until cold and up to 4 hours.
Freeze custard in an ice-cream maker. Serve gelato immediately or transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden no more than 2 hours.
The Night of Museums – 15th of may 2010
Also this year will be held ‘the initiative of the European Night of Museums. Saturday, May 15 the State Museums of Florence will open ‘, with free admission, from 19.00 to 01.00, the following museums: the Uffizi Gallery, Accademia Gallery, Museo di San Marco, Palazzo Davanzati Bargello Museum and Villa Medici Poggio a Caiano.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Accademia Gallery and the Museum of San Marco classical music concerts held in
collaboration with the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music”.” The Bargello Museum Chamber Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Lanzetta earth ‘a concert of string.
This is the list of open museums in Tuscany during the event
Museo Archeologico Statale “C. Clinio Mecenate“, Arezzo
Museo Statale d’Arte Medievale e Moderna, Arezzo
Galleria degli Uffizi e Corridoio Vasariano, Firenze
Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Firenze
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Museo della Casa Fiorentina Antica – Palazzo Davanzati, Firenze
Museo di San Marco, Firenze
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Firenze
Museo Nazionale Residenze Napoleoniche – “Villa di San Martino”, Firenze
Museo Nazionale Residenze Napoleoniche - “Palazzina dei Mulini”, Porto Ferraio (LI)
Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Porto Ferraio (LI)
Pinacoteca Nazionale e Museo di Palazzo Mansi, Lucca
Certosa Monumentale, Calci (PI)
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa
Museo di Casa Giusti, Monsummano Terme (PT)
Tomba di Montefortini – Area Archeologica di Artimino, Carmignano (PO)
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano e Giardino (PO)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Chiusi (SI)
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena