Like you, I have Italian ancestry.
Here in Venezuela, the first famous artisan ice cream parlors were from Italians.
We are enriched with gelatos.
My favorite is an elado with raisins marinated in liquor (rum)
His name is Ron with raisins.

Ingredients
1 liter of milk 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 5 egg yolks 2/3 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of raisins 2 tablespoons of rum 2 egg whites

How to do it

1. Heat the milk with the vanilla in a saucepan over low heat, until it boils.

2. Beat the egg yolks very well with sugar, mix with the hot milk and continue beating with the whisk.

3. Return the saucepan to the heat and heat the mixture, while stirring, until it thickens. Remove from heat and keep moving until it cools completely to prevent cream from forming. Add raisins and rum, and mix well.

4. Beat the egg whites until they form firm peaks and wrap them in the ice cream mixture.

5. Pour the mixture of ingredients into a cold mold. Put in the freezer, take out of the freezer and beat with an electric mixer. Return to the freezer and repeat the procedure every 30 minutes.
   Enjoy your meal!

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