For our almost daily Santory ice cream during our holiday in Lanzarote last year, we went to the Dulcería Hernández, located in the Calle de Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
In fact, we visited them so often, they even started asking where other members of our group were if we didn’t all go there together!
Dulcería Hernández in Puerto del Carmen
For many, it is probably an ice cream just like any other.
For me, it is a part of being on holiday in Lanzarote, because as far as I am concerned I cannot get this ice cream anywhere else.
It is called “Santory”, and at first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it was whipped ice cream fresh from a machine. Except it’s not. It comes out of a freezer, even though it is in a cornet.
But the cornet is in a plastic holder and the chocolate sauce is frozen as well, at least at first.
I do not know much about “Santory”, except that it is a product of the Canary Islands and is made by a company called “Kalise”.
It is something different, unlike the ice cream that I am used to, and I look forward to it every time I visit Lanzarote.
Spaghettieis is a popular dessert that is served in German ice cream parlours. It is, however, little known outside of the country having apparently been invented here. As such, many visitors are not aware of it and do not know what it is.
To make Spaghettieis a portion of whipped cream is first placed on a plate or into a bowl. Then vanilla ice cream is put into a machine or hand-held press which pushes it through a disc with holes in. The ice cream passes through the holes and lands on the cream, giving it the spaghetti form.
After this, the ice cream “spaghetti” is covered in strawberry sauce and grated flakes of white chocolate are used for the final garnish.
The result looks like this:
Spaghettieis
Then, whilst you are eating the ice cream, the whipped cream sometimes starts to solidify, giving it an interesting texture.
A cross-section of a spaghettieis - the solidified cream is visible under the vanilla ice cream
Some shops also offer variations on the traditional Spaghettieis, such as:
and there are also other ice cream dishes created similarly to look like Italian cuisine:
Finally, if you use bigger holes to push the ice cream through and serve the result lengthwise on a plate, it is supposed to look like Asparagus.
To make Spaghettieis at home, you can use a Spätzlepresse – normally used to make Swabian noodles. You can buy these at specialist kitchen suppliers, eg. cookplanet.com
A "Spätzlepresse"
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