Craving a delicious, easy, no-bake dessert without too much effort? I suggest the avocado dessert cream, soft, velvety, delightful. This is a very, very easy and quick avocado cream that contains no eggs and is gluten-free. It’s perfect to accompany a Sunday meal or as a dessert to offer to our guests. The avocado dessert cream can be prepared either at the moment or in advance and can be served at room temperature or chilled from the fridge.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons, Spring
Ingredients
- 1 avocado
- 200 ml fresh liquid cream, unsweetened (also lactose-free)
- 175 g ricotta or spreadable cheese or Greek yogurt (also lactose-free)
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (also gluten-free)
- 1 lemon and 1 orange
Tools
- 1 Mixer
Steps
The cream, ricotta (or spreadable cheese) and avocado must be chilled from the fridge.
For this recipe, we can use cheeses with a soft or creamy consistency like ricotta, mascarpone, spreadable cheese, or Greek yogurt, as our delicious dessert also has a soft consistency and is not suitable as a filling or decoration.
Wash the avocado, dry it, and cut around the peel entirely.
Twist the two halves of the avocado in opposite directions and separate them from the pit.
With a spoon, scoop out all the pulp. In my case, the total weight of the pulp was 182 grams (compared to a total weight of 250 grams as stated on the purchase label).
Transfer the avocado pulp into a small bowl, add the ricotta, very finely grated zest of one orange and one lemon (and any other spices to taste), and mash the ingredients with a fork until you create a smooth and lump-free puree.
Begin to whip the fresh cream; as soon as it starts to thicken, add the avocado mixture, powdered sugar, and continue to whip for no more than a minute to avoid the cream curdling, which means becoming grainy.
Taste to check the sweetness and add a little more powdered sugar if necessary, incorporating it gently with a steel whisk using an upward motion.
The avocado dessert cream is ready. You can serve it immediately or further customize it with some liquor (no more than a teaspoon, otherwise the cream would become too fluid), chocolate chips, coffee powder, crumbled amaretti (but add them only when serving the dessert to avoid them becoming soggy), and so on.
You can also store it in the fridge, in a tightly closed container, until serving.
Bon appetit
