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Recipe: Avocado Ice Cream

Published August 8, 2007 at midnight

Makes about 1 quart

Start to finish: about 1 hour

3 medium ripe Hass avocados (about 1 ½ pounds)

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Big pinch salt

Slice avocados in half and remove pits.

Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, and then cut it into chunks.

In a food processor or blender, combine avocados, sugar, sour cream, heavy cream, lime juice and salt.

Puree until smooth and the sugar is dissolved.

Freeze immediately in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.

- Recipe from David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop, Ten Speed Press, 2007, $24.95

Nutritional information per ½ cup serving: 130 cal., 9 g fat (4 g sat.), 16 mg chol., 12 g carb., 11 mg sodium, 2 g fiber, 1 g pro.

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