Since Emerald Green is the Pantone Color of the Year, I expected to see it showing up everywhere. From household decor to clothing and paint, green is the color to envy. Truthfully, Emerald isn’t a color I’d ever really considered. Blue, gray, white or pink would always win if I had to choose. But I am warming up to the greens I’ve been seeing. Grayed Jade is another shade that is supposed to be big in fashion, but to be honest, I haven’t seen much of it around. Perhaps that’s because my fashion radar would skim right over it and go straight to my favorite colors.
I thought I’d take a little peak online at the color green and was pleased with what I found, I would love to have any one of these outfits!
The first outfit is an Anthropologie Rose Bramble Sundress with flat sandals from Moschino.
Next is a pretty Joie Verdon Printed Dress with strappy sandals by Sam Edelman.
The third outfit is a Free People Embroidered Top with Soludos Espadrilles.
The fourth dress is Anthropologie again, their Cloverlace dress with Alice and Olivia sandals.
Green is popping up in kitchens as well!
I love this cute little Francis Francis Espresso Machine, pretty in pistachio colored Kitchenaid mixer,William Sonoma tea towels, Jonathan Adler Fig Pop Candle, Wedgewood’s Chinoiserie green cup and saucer, and this sweet mini melamine colander from Crate and Barrel.
Here is a little verdant green peaking out from under a bridge in Florence.
One green that left a big impression all through our trip was pistachio.. the sweet Pistachio Green of the Gelato flavor found on every street corner. It was my husband’s favorite and it was sampled at every stop in our journey.
As a surprise, I decided to make some Pistachio Gelato for dinner one night. Not having tasted Pistachio Gelato, (I know.. what was I thinking?) I took the suggested amounts of Pistachios from an Epicurious Recipe (3/4 cup) and increased it to 1 cup. I also used roasted, salted pistachios. My taste testers and I felt there was an overabundance of pistachio in the recipe, so I knew some important research was required.
I happily went for a drive and sampled Pistachio Gelato at Amato Gelato in Kensington. They’ve taken over an old Dairy Queen location and it’s now a bright, contemporary shop with an extensive selection of gelato. Showing some restraint, I ordered a single scoop of Pistachio and was surprised to find the flavor very subtle and a complete absence of any pistachios for texture.
So, if I were to make this gelato again, I would reduce the pistachios and the almond flavoring by half. But feel free to keep the quantities suggested in the Epicurious recipe if you prefer.
- 1/2 cup salted and shelled pistachios
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Rub the shelled pistachios with a paper towel or tea towel to remove excess salt. Place in a food processor with 1/2 cup of sugar and process until the pistachios are quite fine.
- Add the whole milk and cream to a large saucepan. Heat on medium temperature until the edges of the milk begin to slightly bubble. Meanwhile, whip 1/4 cup sugar and 4 egg yolks in a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat until light and frothy.
- Once the milk and cream has heated, with the mixer running on low, slowly pour in about 1/4 cup of the warm milk mixture into the yolk mixture. Use a small measuring cup and pour down the side of the metal mixing bowl to allow the milk to cool as it is added. Continue to gradually incorporate all of the milk.
- Once blended, pour the egg yolk and milk mixture back into the saucepan. Heat on medium temperature until it just begins to thicken, coats the back of a wooden spoon, or begins to gel a bit. Stir in the pistachio mixture. Cool completely or refrigerate overnight.
- Pour into an ice cream machine and turn on as instructed for your machine.
Good morning Smidge… Just happen to be on this morning and up popped this yummy gelato.
My beautiful daughter’s prom dress was emerald green! Not a color I would probably be able to pull off but she was gorgeous.
I love how you tied in the wardrobe and kitchen- all lovely shades of green.
Enjoy your Sunday,
xx wendy
She must have looked just gorgeous!! I hope you post a photo for us:) Good morning to you.. it’s raining here and I had a wee bit too much wine last night. I might just have to go back to bed, lol!
Great post, I really really really need to get an ice cream maker this summer.
I wrote a post specific to the Pantone Color of the year. Can I share?http://peacelovequinoa.com/2013/01/28/lean-mean-green-2013-color-of-the-year/
xxxoooo
Fun!! I’ll come visit you to see:) They’re a fun machine to own, it has been sitting in my kitchen waiting for a sunny day, but we gave up waiting and just got mixing up gelatos! Still raining here and I’m thinking I need some comfort food for breakfast! xx
What a great color. And I’ll have pistachio in anything – such wonderful flavor. Terrific looking gelato. Good stuff – thanks.
Thanks.. it’s fun to make gelato.. even in the rain:D
I can make this! YUM!! awesome, so looking forward to tasting it, also Those Shoes, you know the ones. Glam!! c
Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a glam life where we could walk around in those all day long? Well, maybe not, I might get bored after a day or two or walking around and not doing anything fun:D xx
I love green. It’s such a great color. I love your little line up of products, especially the mint mixer.
I love the green theme here my friend, so spring like 😀
This gelato looks incredibly smooth and delicious!
Cheers
CCU
It’s sure green here.. rain rain rain and lots of lush green, we may turn into Ireland soon:D xx
My favourite colour! Gorgeous post Barbara. It took us years to get pistachio ice cream here in Australia, but I remember Ernie and Bert eating it on Sesame Street and it always looked so exotic and well, green! Must give it a try.
I tried going green with clothes a few years ago and like you, it’s just not a colour I gravitated to, sadly it didn’t stick and I got rid of my green things—it’s a colour I wear on St. Patrick’s day!
But pistachio gelato is something I would gladly do; thanks for your suggestions, it’s much appreciated.
I tried to comment on Rome and my iPad wasn’t cooperating.
Welcome back!
I too have been looking for Emerald and was a little relieved that it didn’t over-run home decor. Give me lime, pear, stem, leaf, grass, moss, pistachio….any green. I love almost alllllll. But I don’t love emerald.
Now gelato. I love it and we have a great local gelato maker who does a smashing pistachio. Now I’m so hungry for it, I’ll likely be lazy and go there for some. Perhaps I’ll make it someday, and when I do I’ll come right to this post.
The gelato sounds wonderful. I must try it. I am a gelato addict. Thanx for the recipe
I love the pistachio colour. And all the green in this post is so Spring (or even summer). I’d love a pair of those shoes! xx
Oh my, you’ve reminded me of a suit I used to have in the 90s. It was emerald green, a longish jacket with big shoulder pads (of course, that goes without saying) and a box pleated skirt. I used to wear it with a hot fuchsia silk top, and, boy, I felt fine.
Your pistachio gelato sounds delicious, but sorry, now I can’t stop thinking about that suit! I’m going to have to dig up some pictures and relive the glory
Love the look of the pistachio gelato!
I absolutely love pistachio gelato! I think I sampled it from every corner gelateria in Florence. Good thing I walked everywhere or I would have come home weighing alot more than when I left. Your gelato recipe sounds good, plus it’s a lovely shade of green. Speaking of lovely green colors, I am so in love with those Alice and Olivia sandals!
daisy
Green is gorgeous ! That mint green colour just puts a big smile on my face – impossible for you to look at it and not feel a bit happier.
I love green Barbara and would you believe I actually own those tea cups! They were a wedding gift. I’m not a big pistachio fan but I do like it in gelato. Your version with extra crunch sounds wonderful.
Darlin’, the reason you didn’t see much Emerald right off the bat was that I’d already co-opted it in ’96 for our wedding (watch for my posts on the wedding near our early-July anniversary and you’ll see my emerald dress). Pistachio gelato, though, that ought to please any amount of urge for green loveliness!!! mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Happy Monday to you Smidge! This is going to be my year as green is my favorite color. I think I quite like that green sundress. However I adore pistachio gelato. I know Italian gelato is addicting and especially for you just coming back from a trip where if you wanted could, you could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You must be having withdrawal symptoms but making your own gelato is a great way to tackle those nightly cravings, midday tiredness and fight those other horrible withdrawal symptoms. You can even get your extra dose of vitamin D which is always a plus. Take Care, BAM
Fashion food!
Your blog is looking prettier and prettier all the time!
We’ve finally started getting some warm weather here – might be time to dust off the ice cream machine! I ADORE pistachios, so your gelato is callin’ my name…
Now this is the right kind of souvenir to bring back from a trip. No, not the actual gelato but the idea to make it at home. Make a batch, grab a scoop, close your eyes, and suddenly you’re exiting a gelateria, on your way to the Trevi Fountain. And “bringing home” pistachio gelato was an excellent idea. It’s a favorite of mine, too, Barb. If our weather ever warms enough for frozen treats, I hope to make a batch for myself. It’s been ages since I’ve seen Trevi. 🙂
I adore pistachio ice cream and have never attempted making it. I find it hard to believe it could be TOO pistachio, but will take your advice on that! 🙂
Everything about this post is beautiful, Smidge! I love the fashions as well as the appliances. The pistachio green Kitchen Aid mixer is something very special, I’d say! I’m really quite eager to try this gelato. My dad loves pistachio, and this would be a treat for Father’s Day in two weeks. I will practice first…so how much do you think I’ll have to eat just to make sure the recipe is working for me? It really looks very special. Your travels have brought home additional inspiration, and I didn’t think you were short on that before Italy! oxo
Wow this is spot on! instantaneously made me drool.
I love pistachio gelato, yum!
Lovely gelato! I just bought an ice cream maker and I need to try it out :).
I love pistachios! YUM. 🙂
Oh, yum, Smidge! I just bought myself an ice cream machine and Emilie has me obsessed with the idea of gelato. Can’t wait to try my hand at it!