Chocolate Gelati Style Frozen Treat Recipe

"My DH and I have lived in South Jersey most of our lives. Since there is a high population of Italian families living there too, we have a multitude of Italian eateries in every town. One of our favorite frozen treats consists of gourmet Italian water ice layered with vanilla ice cream. It is practically impossible to actually get the recipe for the gourmet style Italian water ice as it is handed down from generation to generation. So I have been on a quest to try to mimic this treat. So this recipe so far is the best I can do, although it is a work in process. "

Original is 6 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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4 cups of milk (cold)
1 (3.9 ounce) package chocolate instant pudding mix
1/2 cup sugar

1.5 quart container vanilla ice cream
Whip cream (to garnish, optional)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (194.8 g)
Calories 326
Total Fat - 9.5 g
Saturated Fat - 5.7 g
Cholesterol - 21.6 mg
Sodium - 535.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 57 g
Dietary Fiber - 3.6 g
Sugars - 26.1 g
Protein - 4.9 g
Calcium - 129.1 mg
Iron - 0.9 mg
Vitamin C - 8.4 mg
Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Whisk sugar and pudding mix together with one cup of cold milk until thoroughly mixed.

Step 2

When all of the lumps are dissolved, add remainder of milk and whisk it until it is a uniform color.

Step 3

Divide the liquid mixture into six 12 ounce plastic cups filling each cup about half way giver or take.

Step 4

Place cups in freezer and freeze for about 5 hours.

Step 5

At the end of the 5 hours, remove them and use an ice cream scoop to scoop out 1/2 of the semi-frozen pudding mixture from each cup one at a time and place the scoop in a bowl.