National Spumoni Day on August 21st commends a delicious frozen treat which hails from southern Italy.

Customarily, three shaped layers of flavored gelato make a novel treat. The creamy creation frequently includes candied fruits and nuts in two layers and with a third chocolate layer.

NATIONAL SPUMONI DAY HISTORY

As indicated by a Chicago Tribune article from July 4, 1979, a “genuine spumoni” recipe was brought to the United States from Nola, Italy in 1905. Salvatore Lezza began a pastry kitchen in Chicago alongside his wife, Lucia.

Their customary recipe called for three layers of semifreddo – an almond layer, semisweet chocolate, and stracciatella. Stracciatella is a sort of gelato with unpredictable pieces of chocolate in it.

In any case, around the United States, most spumoni will incorporate a cherry layer with cherry pieces, a layer of pistachio ice cream, and a layer of chocolate.

Different assortments incorporate hazelnut, vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, just to give some examples.

Serve spumoni cut and you will feature its lovely layers. It’s additionally viewed as the conventional method to serve the ice cream dessert. Notwithstanding, the ice cream fits being scooped, as well.

At the point when first observing spumoni, it looks a great deal like Neapolitan. Short the additional fruits and nuts, the two ice creams are fundamentally the same as. Actually, spumoni enlivened the Neapolitan. It likewise motivated cakes, cookies, and different recipes too.

How to celebrate National Spumoni Day

Many ice cream parlors offer their own rendition of spumoni. Order up a slice! Or then again, take a stab at making your own.

Enjoy this Spumoni recipe and attempt it with this Italian Spumoni Cupcake recipe.

You can likewise share your own plans or recollections. While you’re grinding away, make certain to welcome somebody to enjoy a cut with you!

While you’re celebrating, make certain to utilize #NationalSpumoniDay to post via social media.