Mangosteen Ice Cream

Name: Mangosteen Ice Cream
Yield: Makes 1 Pint
Ingredients: ¼ cup coconut milk; 2½ pounds fresh mangosteens, peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks (about 2 cups); ¼ cup sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1 Pint

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

About

This may be one of the world’s most expensive desserts. It is well worth it when the fruit is in season—usually in our spring. The fruit has a tough skin that needs to be cut to be peeled away. Inside the fruit will be white and look much like lychees. It has numerous pits.

Ingredients

2½ pounds fresh mangosteens, peeled, pitted, and cut into chunks (about 2 cups)
¼ cup coconut milk
¼

Dessert
Spring
Gluten-free
ice cream
Vegetarian

Method

Place the mangosteen chunks, coconut milk, and sugar in a food processor and blend until smooth. Using a spatula, scrape the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn for 35 to 40 minutes.