Neapolitan ice cream
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Neapolitan ice cream, also sometimes referred to as Harlequin ice cream,<ref name=tufts>Template:Cite news</ref> is an ice cream composed of three flavors (typically vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry) arranged side by side. Although Neapolitan is associated with Naples in Italy, it was first recorded in Prussia in 1839.
History
Neapolitan ice cream was the first ice cream recipe to combine three flavors.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first recorded recipe was created by head chef of the royal Prussian household Louis Ferdinand Jungius in 1839, who dedicated the recipe to the nobleman Fürst Pückler.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The English-language name of Neapolitan arose in the late 19th century due to confusion about its origin given Italy's reputation for ice cream<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> or because its colors—originally green (pistachio), white (vanilla) and red (cherry)—matched those of the Italian flag.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Early recipes featured a variety of flavors, but the combination of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry became the standard, likely because these were the most popular flavors in the United States at the time of its introduction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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19th century descriptions
Cake
In Australia, Neapolitan cake or marble cake is made with the same three colours of Neapolitan ice cream swirled through in a marble pattern, usually topped with pink icing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
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- List of ice cream flavors
- Fab ice lolly, using the same three colours
- Spumoni