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[ocelot]

Apparently both liverjournal.com and licejournal.com have been squatted. Ah well. (Yes, I've done both those typos before.)

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My culinary adventure of the day, inspired by tylik, was spicy chocolate avocado ice cream.

Before you ask, no, it does not taste like sweet guacamole.

2 avocados
Approximately equal amounts of cocoa powder and sweetener to taste (I used about 1/4 cup of each. I find plain sugar works best for me - honey doesn't work well with the avocado IMO).
A touch of vanilla
A little salt
1 apple, sliced (I actually used a pear this time, as we were out of apples.)
1 handful of raisins
Cayenne pepper to taste (No really, I have no clue how much I used. Start conservative.)

Food process everything together until smooth (if you do the apples and raisins first, then add the avocado, then add the rest, it will probably get smoothest. On the other hand, the slight raisin chunks work for me). Add a little milk (I use coconut milk) to thin to ice cream batter consistency. Put in ice cream maker. If you don't thin it, it works well as a pudding, but it was really hot today, so I made ice cream.

At first taste, the cayenne isn't apparent at all. Then the heat builds up :) I think I got it pretty much perfect, for my tastes anyways - there's definite heat, but it isn't painfully hot, or so hot that it overwhelms the rest of the flavors. I'm very happy with how it turned out, even though spicy chocolate isn't usually my favorite combo.

The cayenne is entirely optional if you don't like hot stuff. I think next time I'll add some cinnamon and other typical Mexican chocolate spices.

Leif saw me eating it and said he wanted some. I told him he had to try a bite of mine first. He did, and said he liked it, but as I got up to get him a bowl, the heat hit, and he ran to the kitchen whimpering a little. I got him a glass of water and he said, "I think that's too spicy for little boys!"

Comments

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

It was fantastic. Even more satisfying than the mint chocolate bar. It fed my hormones.

And I think it was the "resting" period that brought out the cayenne. Cinnamon I think will make it Perfect. I consider it "pot-luck" worthy, and if you don't mind would like to pass the recipe onto my Ex, assuming BiUnity still exists and is still holding its annual Death Bi Chocolate fundraiser.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Go for it :)

[temperance14.livejournal.com]

OK, that's amazing. I shouldn't be suprised, I've read other recipes that use the silly fruit as a sort of neutral cream substitute.

But that never occured to me.

And yes, cayenne and chocolate together are perfect. (Hard baking chocolate and cinammon always go into my chili.)