Fruity gelato
Fruity gelato
This fruity gelato recipe can be adapted to use almost any fresh fruit you have on hand, or you can use frozen fruit. It's perfect for a healthy alternative to ice cream for the kids.
prep: 0:15 | cook 6:00
ingredients
- 2 cups fruit, fresh or frozen
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 egg whites
method
- Combine the fruit, lemon juice and honey in a bowl and mash or use a stick blender to purée.
- Pour into a cake tin lined with baking paper. Place into the freezer. This should take approximately 2-3 hours to freeze.
- In a bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy. Add the frozen fruit mixture and mix using a stick blenderuntil it becomes light and fluffy.
- Pour into your serving dish and place back into the freezer for 2-3 hours or until firm.
notes
- This recipe requires tasting before you freeze the final mixture so you can adjust the sweetness to your liking.
- I used frozen raspberries for this recipe. After the fruit was puréed, I strained the mixture to remove all of the seeds. You could use bananas, strawberries, mixed berries, blueberries or my favourite, mangoes!
- Frozen fruit is a great choice for this recipe as most packs measure 500g which is around 2 cups.
- If you don't have any honey, castor sugar is a perfectly acceptable substitute. I would replace it with about one third of a cup.
- This gelato is great for small children but please be aware that it is not recommended to give honey or raw egg whites to babies under a year old due to the risk of botulism poisoning.
- This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best recipe finder.
- Use fresh or frozen fruit.
