Avocado Gelato
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Martha Stewart Living, July 2007
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Yield Makes 1 quart
Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cups fat-free milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 strips orange zest
- 2 ripe Hass avocados, halved, pitted, and peeled
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, plus wedges for serving
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
Directions
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Prepare an ice-water bath. Whisk whole milk with cornstarch in a bowl.
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Whisk together fat-free milk, sugar, and orange zest in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer. Add cornstarch mixture, and cook, whisking, until mixture bubbles and thickens, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove orange zest. Set in ice-water bath to cool.
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Puree avocados, lime juice, salt, and milk mixture in a food processor.
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Freeze the avocado mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to an airtight container, and freeze for at least 3 hours (or up to 2 weeks). Spoon 2 scoops of gelato into each bowl, and serve with lime wedges for squeezing.
we did not like this. It felt like it was missing something (perhaps I needed more salt). We were not fans.
Scrumptious! I'm really surprised by how refreshing it is. :)
I used 1 avocado and left the orange zest in (and processed it with everything else) and it came out superbly! It is melt-in-your-mouth delicious.