Italian Ice Business

[iscream4icecream]

Any one have any information about starting an Italian water ice business? I was thinking of selling both italian ice and smoothies. Right now I am trying to get things started. I am interested in making my own ices from scratch and my smoothies also - and maybe sorbetto. How should I go about getting recipes and learning to make them?

I have found companies that sell mixes, but I am not interested in that. Any bit of advice would help.

[diego59]

do you speak of "granita"? do you search some recipe?

[ICP]

You can try finding recipes online by searching google for "italian ice recipes"

Here is one I found for homemade italian ice:

LEMON SLUSH

1 quart water
2 cups sugar
3/ 4 cup lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon (no white part)

Boil water and sugar together for 5 minutes. Cool. Stir in juice and peel. Pour into shallow bowl and put in freezer. As it starts to freeze, keep stirring the outside crystals into the center and mix in peel. Do about every half hour. When real slushy, stop and freeze overnight. To serve, you must scrape very thin layers of the slush off the top. I use a big spoon with sharp edges moving it sideways.

Just play with the amounts to make a large enough batch for what you need.