PUNTOITALY No37 January - 2024

Gelato for lunch, dinner, as a snack and for happy hour? It can be done: just choose the innovative Salty creations line, designed by Mec3 to give value to delicious recipes with savoury gelato and to create new consumption opportunities that expand the offer of artisanal gelato and soft serve shops, cafés, bistros, restaurants and catering businesses. Salty Creations allow you to unleash your creativity, creating artisanal gelato and soft serve sundaes, snacks and finger foods for surprising happy hours, delicious quick lunches, inviting gourmet dishes or complete à la carte menus. There are five ingredients to keep on hand, but the possibilities are truly endless. Salty Creations Base is a neutral savoury base for milkbased savoury gelato to which ingredients or Mec3 savoury flavour pastes can be added, whereas Gourmet Sorbet Base is ideal for offering gastronomic sorbets. There are also three exclusive savoury pesto to flavour batch-frozen gelato or to top inviting soft serve sundaes: Hot Paprika Mix, a peanut and almond pesto with paprika, Salty Curry Mix, a peanut and almond pesto with curry, and Pistachio Salty Selection, a salted pistachio pesto with which you can also create tasty sweet gelato flavours. Starting from here and by adding ingredients at the discretion of the gelato artisan, you can amaze customers with appetizing to-go cups, for example, “Pumpkin and Amaretto” or “Salmon and Avocado”. Room for creativity… but savoury MEC3 Even the famous Spaghetti Ice, the famous dessert which has become a classic in Germany, can now be offered in a savoury version. There are many ideas to expand the selling opportunities in vertical display cases with an assortment of savoury pastries that can be sold to-go. They will win over the eyes and the palates of consumers: pralines, mini popsicles, mini buns and jars will be must-have items for every gelato shop, because every moment is a good one to take a delicious break. Cafés, restaurants, catering businesses and bistros will have an extra ally to help renew their lunch menu: with Salty Creations, they can add an unusual touch to their poké bowls, just like they can reinvent their most loved recipes such as veal with tuna sauce or the caprese salad. Happy hour will be unrivalled thanks to small culinary masterpieces such as small pizzas, nachos, or reinterpreted bruschetta thanks to the refreshing and unusual addition of savoury gelato. Mec3 has created a rich recipe book where you can find all the information you need to easily make many offerings with gelato flavour pastes, fish, cheese, cured meats, creams and vegetable sorbets. Salty Creations: make it an occasion for salty gelato! For information: www.mec3.com 140

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