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Refreshing Fruit Desserts

Fran Costigan - Refreshing Fruit Desserts

This event was on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 4:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe Director of Vegan Pastry, for an enticing, interactive presentation in which she will explore the vibrant world of summer fruit desserts! From juicy b… Read More.

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Question:

I found a recipe for Frozen Avocado Nice Cream that included corn starch as an ingredient, among avo, cocoa powder, maple syrup, plant-milk. Why was the corn starch added?

— Char Nolan

Answer:

I would say that is a poorly written, a poorly written or poorly tested recipe. Corn starch or arrowy starch are thickeners, but you don't just an avocado ice cream is not cooked. I'm imagining this ice cream isn't cooked and so the corn starch is just gonna sit there and you're going to taste it. You do not need corn starch or any starch when you're making an avocado ice cream.
Fran Costigan

Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

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