Avocado Gelato
A creamy and unique Italian-style ice cream featuring ripe avocados, enhanced with orange zest and sweetened with sugar. This refreshing frozen dessert combines the smoothness of avocados with classic gelato texture.
Ingredients
- •2 cups whole milk
- •¾ cup sugar
- •3 strips orange zest
- •2 tablespoons cornstarch
- •2 whole avocados
- •1 tablet vitamin C tablet
- •1 piece ice cream maker
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Bring 1 3/4 cups milk, 1/2 cup sugar, zest, and a pinch of salt to a simmer in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Whisk together cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl until smooth, then whisk into simmering milk. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly, and boil 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a metal bowl, then set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and cool completely, stirring frequently. Discard zest.
15 min
- 2.
Quarter, pit, and peel avocados, then purée with vitamin C and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor until smooth. Add milk mixture and blend well.
10 min
- 3.
Freeze avocado mixture in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until hardened, about 1 hour.
60 min
