I trust Dominique Ansel's dessert palate implicitly. After all, the man did bring us the cronut, not to mention the best way to eat milk and cookies — all in one perfect bite. But, I did briefly question that trust this morning, when I got an email explaining that Dominique Ansel would be launching a flavor of soft-serve ice cream that features cheese.
Before you cringe, keep in mind that the flavor is burrata — so it's not like he went for cheddar, brie, or blue, which would have been mildly terrifying. Instead, he chose mozzarella's softer, creamier cousin. A cone of Ansel's new treat comes with balsamic caramel and a whole confit strawberry, which brings us right back to more typical dessert turf.
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How did Ansel land on burrata, of all things, as an ice cream flavor? He explained in an email:
I really love the texture of soft serve, but I always wished it had more flavor. Most soft-serve is made with a mix or powder, but I wanted to use fresh ingredients. Simple, quality flavors that we all love. And, the first flavor we came up with was burrata, because we wanted a vanilla alternative that was creamier and less sweet. It works really well cold, with that tanginess from the balsamic caramel.
The cronut creator is offering soft-serve for the first time ever, starting today — at his new shop in the West Village in New York. Gianduja soft-serve ice cream with salted hazelnut brittle, orange mist, and sea salt is also on the menu. The chocolate-hazelnut combo admittedly sounds really temping, but first we need to know what that burrata ice cream tastes like.
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