This could be our new favourite summer sweet treat! It may not be the healthiest of desserts but it sure is tasty and sometimes it’s good to indulge, right?
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:
Prepare an ice-water bath. Whisk whole milk with cornstarch in a bowl.
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.
Purée avocados, lime juice, salt, and milk mixture in a food processor.
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.
