This was a very tasty dessert that I made recently that was based on a dessert that I got while eating at Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park, CA. I’ll talk more about that meal last week but as soon as I tried this at that meal, I knew I wanted to make it at home.

Especially since I can make my own ice cream and gelato now!

I never would have thought to add olive oil or sea salt to a dessert but it was kind of an interesting thing to do. Very unexpected. And I liked the few sharp tastes of salt with the warm cherries.

I’ve listed two recipes below — one for vanilla gelato and one for low fat vanilla ice cream. Do what you need to do.

The gelato recipe is from Michael Chiarello and the low fat ice cream from The Ultimate Ice Cream . . . → Read More: Vanilla Gelato with Warm Cherry Port Sauce, Olive Oil and Sea Salt