Alchemist Cosimo Ruggieri created the first-ever fior di latte (flower of milk) sherbet flavor and won the cooking prize at the court of Catherine de' Medici in France. The historical legend of this account often mistakenly refers to Ruggieri‘s creation as gelato, but his recipe contained milk and did not contain any egg, hence his dessert was a sherbet. Some historical accounts incorrectly attribute this cooking prize to a venditore di polli (chicken vendor) by the name of Ruggeri in San Gimignano, a country side area near Florence Italy.
The Legend of Gelato | World Heritage Journeys of Europe (visitworldheritage.com)
How The Italian Renaissance Brought Us Gelato (tastingtable.com)
Architect Bernardo Buontalenti is credited for the invention of the popular alla crema d'uovo (egg-cream) gelato flavor recipe since 1565 in Florence Italy. It was a frozen cream made with ice, salt (to lower the temperature), lemon, sugar, egg, honey, milk and a drop of wine. His cold cream was flavored with bergamot and orange.
Bernardo Buontalenti, First Inventor of the Gelato (fantasticflorence.com)
THE HISTORY OF GELATO... - Art Miami Magazine
Gelato - Wikipedia
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Other Gelato Series Caches throughout CP Hadley Park:
Mesopotamia 3000 BC - Origins of Ice Cream (GCA79WQ)
Egyptian Pharaohs 2500 BC: Sorbet (GCA79WW)
Greeks 500 BC: Nectar of the Gods (GCA79WZ)
China 200 BC: Rice Cream (GCA79WX)
Roman 0 AD: Volcano Snow (GCA79X1)
Turkey 1000 AD: Dondurma - Stretchy Ice Cream (GCA79X7)
Inca 1400 AD: Ice Cream (GCA79X5)
India 1500 AD: Kulfi (GCA79X3)
Spanish Ice Cream 1500 AD: Ice Cream Demon (GCA79X6)
Mexico 1500 AD: Volcanic Sorbet rise to Chocolate (GCA79X8)
Coney Island, New York 1919: Frozen Custard (GCA79XC)
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