Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Avocado Dessert

Avocado Dessert from The Nero Wolfe Cookbook

3 large ripe avocados
1 cup sugar (for 1 medium avocado, 3 T was more than enough)
4 Tablespoons lime juice
2 Tablespoons green chartreuse (still delicious without this)
1/2 cup heavy cream
6 slices lemon

Chill the avocados. Cut them in half, removing the pulp and reserving the skins, taking care not to tear them. To the pulp, add the sugar, lime juice, and chartreuse.  Using a hand mixer, whip all the ingredients to a smooth consistency.  Return the mixture to the skins.  Whip the cream until stiff, and serve separately.  Garnish each avocado with a slice of lemon. (Serves 6)

Ninja Creami Deluxe Recipes

Ninja Deluxe Size Vanilla Ice Cream
1 Tablespoon cream cheese, softened
75 grams maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
Mix ins (top and bottom): 
mini chocolate chips - NO
crumbled cookies - yes
2024 - pretty good

Ninja Deluxe Size Chocolate Ice Cream
1 Tablespoon cream cheese, softened
2 Tablespoons cocoa
75 grams maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
2024 - pretty good

Ninja Deluxe Size Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
1 1/2 Tablespoons (3/4 ounce) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup + 2 Tablespoons heavy cream (9.2 oz)
1 1/2 cup milk
Make sure sugar is completed dissolved. (I like to heat the mixture. If you do that, remove from heat before adding the extract. Don't let the mixture boil.) 
1 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/4 teaspoon green food coloring (optional)
1/3 cup chocolate chips (72% chocolate melted, spread thin, chopped)
1/2025 - very good, but try a sweeter chocolate next time
1/2025 - very good, semi-sweet chocolate chips were better, maybe use mint chocolate next time
2/2025 - very good, used Andes mints as the mix-in, they were good
2/2025 - tried replacing sugar with allulose (90 g), replaced    2 Tablespoons of heavy cream with 2 Tablespoons milk (13 oz or 370 g total milk). - Mat liked. Allulose makes Stacey nauseous. 


Peanut Butter Ice Cream
1 cup peanut butter
14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
2 cups heavy cream

1/2025 - Excellent, rich, this recipe makes 4 servings
2/2025 - Replaced the sugar with 150 g allulose (3/4 cup) and added a pinch of Maldon salt - Mat liked. Allulose makes Stacey nauseous. 

Vanilla Gelato
4 egg yolks
150 g sugar (3/4 cup)
350 ml whole milk (1 1/2 cup)
250 ml heavy cream (1 cup)
1  1/2 teaspoon vanilla (or lemon zest)
    Whip egg yolks and sugar on high 5 minutes. 
    In a saucepan over medium heat, scald milk (180 degrees). 
    Temper the egg/sugar mixture. Whisk into milk. Cook 5 minutes. 
    Remove from heat. Whisk in heavy cream and vanilla. 
    Pour through a sieve for best texture.
1/2025 - Excellent
2/2025 - with allulose - Stacey liked, Mat thought it melted too quickly and was runny, and icy


Keto Blackberry Ice Cream
3/4 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup coconut milk
1 Tablespoon lemon
6 Tablespoons egg white powder
3 Tablespoons allulose
3/4 cup blackberries
Blend and pour through a sieve to remove seeds.
1/2025 - Mat liked, Stacey thinks it could be better
    3/4 cup heavy cream
    1/2 cup milk
    60 g egg white
    1 Tablespoon lemon   
    3 Tablespoons allulose
    3/4 cup blackberries
    Heat to 180 degrees, blend, pour through sieve
    1/2025 - Egg whites gave it a funny texture.

Low Carb Blackberry Gelato
4 egg yolks
5 Tablespoons allulose
350 ml whole milk (1 1/2 cup)
250 ml heavy cream (1 cup)
1  1/2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice (next time try lemon zest)
6 oz blackberries, blended and pressed through sieve
    Whip egg yolks and sugar on high 5 minutes. 
    In a saucepan over medium heat, scald milk (180 degrees). 
    Temper the egg/sugar mixture. Whisk into milk. Cook 5 minutes. 
    Remove from heat. Whisk in heavy cream, lemon juice, and blackberry puree.
    Pour through a sieve for best texture.
1/2025 - good


Goat Milk Ice Cream
2 cups full fat goat milk
6 Tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/2025 - Both liked, although Stacey thought it was a little icy - maybe process on lite ice cream


Peach Sorbet
1 can sliced peaches in juice
Process then re-spin with about 2 Tablespoons cream
1/2025 - Stacey liked, Mat not so much

Lemon Sorbet
180 g granulated sugar (12 Tablespoons)
230 ml water (1 cup)
4 lemons, carefully washed, zested, juiced
Make a syrup by placing water, sugar and lemon zest in a saucepan. Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until the sugar has dissolved completely. Remove from heat and let it cool. Add lemon juice and mix well. Pour through a sieve to remove zest and any pulp.  Pour mixture into a blender and blend for 3 minutes. This will incorporate more air and the sorbet will be creamier.
2/2025 - Replaced the sugar with 150 g allulose, 8 g zest, 1 cup juice 
- Mat liked. Allulose makes Stacey nauseous.