Stracciatella is a popular gelato flavor created by Enrico Panattoni in 1961 at his gelato shop, La Marianna, in Bergamo, Italy. The flavor consists of fine strips of chocolate, made by pouring hot chocolate into cold gelato, creating a unique texture. Named after stracciatella soup, the name comes from the Italian term 'stracciare,' meaning 'to fray.' La Marianna remains open today and still serves the original stracciatella using the same machinery, although the chocolate brand has changed from Luisa couverture to Lindt’s 58% dark cocoa.
Stracciatella gelato, invented by Enrico Panattoni in 1961, features fine strips of hardened chocolate and is loved for its crunchy yet smooth texture.
Panattoni created stracciatella by pouring hot chocolate into gelato, causing it to harden into strips, and named it after stracciatella soup.
La Marianna, still operated by Panattoni's family, uses the original gelato machines to produce stracciatella, differing now in chocolate brand.
Stracciatella derives its name from the Italian word 'stracciare,' meaning 'to fray,' reflecting the texture of both the soup and gelato.
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