Gelato Messina Is Hosting Its First-Ever Pasta Feast, Celebrating Saturday Night Pasta's Newest Range at Its Marrickville Factory
For one night only, a host of foodie friends and collaborators will come together to celebrate the launch of a new pasta and sauce range.
Gelato Messina collabs almost always get tongues wagging, but this time, the ice cream maestros are boasting a different kind of culinary experience. Teaming up with Saturday Night Pasta — the brand of much-loved recipe writer and creative powerhouse Elizabeth Hewson — you're invited to attend the first-ever pasta-and-gelato dinner party at Messina HQ in Marrickville.
Celebrating the launch of Saturday Night Pasta's newest product range, the pair will take over the gelato factory floor on Saturday, August 23. However, they aren't handling the cooking and styling alone. Drawing on their friends' and collaborators' abundant talent, expect Shadow Baking, Gold Street Dairy, Erin Bar and Restaurant, In The Round House, Salumi Australia, DRNKS and Byroncello to make this one-night-only dinner even more rousing.
Seated around one long family-style table in the middle of the factory, guests will take in the jazzy tunes of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra while sipping on a glass of bubbly and grazing on cured meats, house pickles, grilled curd and honey. Next, the share-style pastas roll out. Dig into Saturday Night Pasta's pipette coated with Some Like It Hot sauce, then relish Messina's family ragu — served with Shadow Baking's hot honey focaccia.
As you might expect, dessert won't skip a beat with the Messina crew at the helm. Guests will have plenty to indulge their sweet tooths, with crostatas, zabaglione and tiramisu on the menu. Yet a show-stopping end to the feast goes one step further, with gelato and hot dulce de leche poured tableside. Throughout the night, DRNKS will pour organic and sustainable wines, before the entire event rounds out with a Byroncello toast, of course.
While this jam-packed Italian dining experience might already seem like a gift, guests will head home with more than just fond memories of the food. Everyone will receive a goodie bag loaded with Saturday Night Pasta's latest pasta and sauce products, making it easy to add a little more flair to your next effort on the pots and pans. Meanwhile, guests also score a limited-edition tote made just for the night, so you rep good taste in the streets.
Yet don't dismay if you can't make this short-lived ticketed event. Gelato Messina is returning to its roots, marking the occasion with a new, limited-edition flavour — Elisabetta. Available in all stores for one week or until sold out from Tuesday, August 19, this lush scoop combines olive oil and sea salt gelato with dulce de leche. Rush home and see how it pairs with your pasta on the stove.
Gelato Messina and Saturday Night Pasta's dinner is happening from 6.30–8pm on Saturday, August 23, at 1 Rich St, Marrickville. Head to the website for more information.
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