Lisbon · gelato
Mu Gelato Italiano
The most explicit account of method of any gelateria in Lisbon: the mix rests overnight for twelve hours, then is pasteurised and churned in front of you, every day. Two makers from Verona, producing where they sell, and naming which ingredients are Portuguese and which are not.
What we know
- The clearest published method statement of any Lisbon shop: the traditional process requires the fruit, sugar and milk mix to rest overnight for twelve hours
- Pasteurised and churned in front of the customer each day
- Production is open to view from the counter without ceremony
- Declared provenance split: Portuguese strawberry, peach and lemon; Piedmont toasted hazelnut; Sicilian almond and pistachio
- Recipes the maker describes as recovered, old and lost in time, alongside his own and his teacher's
- Status
- open
- Address
- Campo dos Martires da Patria 50, 1150-225 Lisboa
- Maker
- Marco Bauli and Elena Castioni, from Verona
- Opened
- 2014
- Website
- mugelato.com/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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