For your summer ice cream, choose master ice cream makers from your region, rather than big industrial brands. You will have the taste and the satisfaction of working with craftsmen who strive for excellence.
Summer encourages the consumption of ice cream, sorbets or ice cream. But before rushing to your supermarket to buy industrial brands, look for a master ice cream maker near you. The product will be of better quality and you will support local businesses. Here are two beautiful family stories, in the West and in Corsica.
The Angelys in Charente-Maritime
Denis Lavaud was born in Saint-Jean d’Angely, in Charente-Maritime. At the age of 7, he discovered the artisanal ice creams of his Italian neighbor, at 20 cents. Half a century later, Denis runs his own company, L’Angelys, which shines throughout the country. This master ice cream maker chose from the start a path that no one thought of taking then, that of natural ice cream without any addition (flavoring, coloring or preservative): “In our bins, the ice is stuck to the lid because we don’t put antioxidants!”
Very good, reasonably priced. L’Angelys ice cream is prized by the greatest chefs, and is of interest to several international amusement parks. A few boutiques have even opened in France and abroad, and development continues with Denis Lavaud’s two daughters, who are gradually taking over.
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Raugi in Corsica
Another beautiful family story, in Bastia in Corsica. It began in 1937 with Aladino Raugi making his ice cream, and then selling it on board his scooter. Today, the third generation leads the company, again for exceptional ice cream. Fabrice Raugi explains that he draws from Corsican producers: “Everything citrus, fruit, hazelnuts comes from here, of course. For vanilla or pistachio, we choose elsewhere, but we try to find the best.”
Raugi ice creams are made with mostly fruit, milk, very little sugar, and without cream, to have a very creamy and not too greasy ice cream, so as not to sicken the palate of consumers. The idea is above all to stay as close as possible to these Corsican fruits, bursting with sunshine.