Avocado and Coconut Ice Cream
Helado de Aguacate y Coco
Recipe Yield
6 servings
Cooking time
2 hours 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 3/4 cups sugar or more to taste
- 3 large ripe avocados halved, pitted, meat diced (about 3 cups)
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 cup dried shredded coconut or sweetened coconut flakes lightly toasted, optional for garnish, or toasted almonds, pine nuts or pistachios
To Prepare
- Pour the coconut milk in a sauce pan along with the sugar and place over medium heat. Stir, once the sugar dissolves, turn off heat. Cut the avocados in half, remove the pit and scoop the pulp out. Cut the pulp into chunks and place it in the blender or food processor. Add the coconut milk mixture and lime juice, and puree until completely smooth.
- Process the avocado-coconut puree in you ice cream maker, according to the manufacturers instructions. Place in the freezer for a couple hours for firmer ice cream. If you don’t have an ice cream maker you can serve it as a cold mousse, or you can also freeze it and serve it as ice cream, but it will be a little less fluffy. But its still good!
- Lightly toast the shredded coconut on a small saute pan set over medium-low heat, stirring constantly so it does not burn. It will take less than a minute. Once the coconut becomes fragrant and acquires a tan, remove and set aside. Sprinkle over the ice cream.
Comments
18comments inAvocado and Coconut Ice Cream
Jens & Suzie in Austin, Tx.
Apr 29
Epic! I was skeptical but we loved it. Toasted Coconut a definite must. We also tried added a few good chocolate chips and a Drizzle of honey. Delicious!
Pati Jinich
May 20
Wow, great ideas! So glad you guys liked it!
Shelly
Apr 18
I want to try this! 🙂
Pati Jinich
Apr 24
Give it a chance, believe me, you are going to love it!
Martha
Jul 26
Sounds good. I’m going to make this, gives me excuse to use my ice cream maker I had for so long. Thank you for sharing.
Pati Jinich
Jul 28
Have fun and enjoy it Martha!
Virginia
Jul 20
I have a two year old with dysplasia who ends up gets too much dairy, in effort to get enough calories. This recipe is perfect! And we just got a new ice cream machine last week! Talk about timing. Delicious 😋
Pati Jinich
Jul 26
Awesome Virginia, so glad to hear this recipe is good for you baby, enjoy!
Guiselle
Jul 18
Suena divino.Lo probare. Mil gracias. Yo son vegana y siempre estoy buscando cositas sin ingredientes de animalitos. Muchas gracias. Guiselle de Costa Rica
Pati Jinich
Jul 19
Espero que lo disfrutes Guiselle! Abrazo hasta Costa Rica 😉
Anna
Jul 16
Dear Patti,
I’m lying in bed, sick with Covid, and your recipe for avocado ice cream has just made me feel so much happier. It will be one of the first things I make once I am able to cook again. Everyon one of your recipes that I have made has been a winner. Thank you for sharing your talents and passion for Mexico with us all.
Pati Jinich
Jul 19
Anna! I am glad to read that this recipe has brought some hope to you. I wish you a full and quick recovery, stay strong! I will be sending positive vibes your way 😉
Paulette M
Jul 16
We are also going to miss traveling into Mexico especially where my heart is San Miguel de Allende
Pati Jinich
Jul 19
I know Paulette, these are difficult times, but I am hopeful that at some point we will be able to go back to certain normalcy in our lives. Stay strong!
Paulette M
Jul 16
We my sister and I visited Oaxaca this past March we had avocado gelatos. So delicious and they don’t even use an ice cream maker. Thank you for the recipe I will definitely make this. I also loved Mascapone ice cream 😃
Pati Jinich
Jul 19
Yes Paulette, Oaxaca is super famous for its ice creams and “nieves”, so glad you had the chance to visit 😉
Rosita
Feb 19
OMG! Pati I love you, your beautiful family and your shows! Your recipes are brilliant and you are amazing and so unbelievably kind to share your lifestyle and the wonderful United Mexican States with us. I am a widowed mother and grandmother and my daughter and I love to try new recipes. We live in SW Louisiana and cook a lot of old fashioned Cajun dishes that sometimes remind me of your dishes you so lovingly prepare. I want to make the Avocado Coconut Ice Cream and my question is when adding the coconut milk do I also add all of the liquid in the can or just the solid milk? I have used this lovely product before but usually w/o the liquid.
Thank you so much Pati =-)
Pati
Feb 26
Aww thank you so much, Rosita! For the ice cream you want to use Coconut Milk (not Coconut Cream) so it should be mostly liquid. Enjoy!