Editing Neapolitan ice cream (section)

==History==
Neapolitan ice cream was the first ice cream recipe to combine three flavors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-19 |title=The Classics: Neapolitan Ice Cream |url=https://frostbitenitrogenicecream.com/the-classics-neapolitan-ice-cream/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Frostbite Nitrogen Ice Cream |language=en-US}}</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, [[Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau|Fürst Pückler]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Jungius|first = Louis Ferdinand|year = 1839|title = Vollständige und umfassende theoretisch-praktische Anweisung der gesamten Kochkunst|publisher = G. Reimer|location = Berlin}}</ref> The German name for Neapolitan ice cream is ''{{lang|de|Fürst-Pückler-Eis}}''.

Its 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>{{Cite book |last1=Weir |first1=Caroline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7s7BAAAQBAJ&dq=Bernardo+Buontalenti+sorbet&pg=PA14 |title=Ice Creams, Sorbets & Gelati: The Definitive Guide |last2=Weir |first2=Robin |date=2010-12-28 |publisher=Grub Street Cookery |isbn=978-1-909808-93-5 |language=en}}</ref> or because its colors—originally green (pistachio), white (vanilla) and red (cherry)—matched those of the Italian flag.<ref>{{Citation |title=Brooklyn Morals.—Those Wax Figures. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt20p585k.36 |work=Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism |pages=86–87 |access-date=2022-05-09 |publisher=University of Iowa Press |doi=10.2307/j.ctt20p585k.36}}</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>{{cite book |author=Jeri Quinzio, Geraldine M. Quinzio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OEmdcwYhfEC&q=Neapolitan+ice+cream&pg=PA145 |title=books.google.ru "Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making" |date=5 May 2009 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520942967 |access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref>