Caffè Panna, one in every of New York Metropolis’s buzziest ice cream outlets, is celebrating the tip of summer season with a candy collaboration. They’ve partnered up with Bowery Farming, a vertical farming firm that’s constructing a community of sensible farms to feed thousands and thousands of individuals. They develop pesticide-free leafy greens, herbs and two sorts of strawberries in a facility simply exterior of NYC utilizing a proprietary system that makes use of solely a fraction of the water and land sometimes required by conventional agricultural strategies. For this specific partnership, Bowery Farming is offering the basil, and Caffè Panna is bringing their ice cream know-how.
The collaboration consists of two ice cream flavors and a sundae. Bowery Basil Blue is a basil-infused ice cream with blueberry compote, and will likely be offered by the news. Bowery Basil Peach is a basil and peach ice cream studded with market peaches, and will likely be offered by the pint. Final however not least is the Bowery Basil Blue Sundae, that includes Bowery Basil Blue ice cream, cardamom lemon ice cream, blueberries, lemon curd, Caffè Panna’s freshly whipped panna (whipped cream) and a Bowery Farming basil garnish.
“Basil is one in every of my favourite summer season ice cream bases to make and we’re pumped to make use of the most effective of the most effective from Bowery Farming,” Hallie Meyer, proprietor of Caffè Panna, instructed me. “The blueberries and peaches (a late summer season staple) come straight from our neighbors on the Union Sq. Greenmarket. The sundae goes to be wild too—an herby, citrusy delight!”
The basil-infused flavors will make their debut at Caffè Panna in Gramercy Park on Wednesday, August 24, at 1:30 p.m. till they’re offered out. Portions are restricted, and new ice cream flavors sometimes solely final for a couple of days. When you occur to overlook it, there’s a lot to get pleasure from at Caffè Panna, which has traditional ice cream flavors like vanilla, chocolate, a vegan chocolate sorbet and occasional Stracciatella which can be at all times round. Their affogatos (ice cream drowned in espresso, then topped with freshly whipped panna) and affogato sundaes are to not be missed.
Instagram is the most effective place to see Caffè Panna’s newest choices. There, you’ll discover mouthwatering pictures of creations like a Peach Prosecco sundae, a Sungold Tomato sundae drizzled with balsamic vinegar and an upscale version of Dole Whip. The menu modifications always, and all of their ice lotions are churned in-house. Ice cream flavors and sundaes spotlight components from a few of the greatest native producers in addition to specialty components imported from Italy (like their namesake panna from Piemonte).