CACTUS PEAR ICE CREAM

In the language of ancient Perú yanuq meant hearth, home...

CACTUS PEAR ICE CREAM

Ingredients :

4 cactus pears, peeled and chopped

1 cup of sugar

½ cup water

3 egg whites

Juice of 1 lime, approximately

Preparation:

Force chopped cactus pear through a strainer so seeds remain in the strainer. Place sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil for 4 minutes to prepare a thin syrup. Add lime juice and stir. Stir in cactus pear pulp and mix. Transfer mixture to a container and freeze it, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon until it resembles crushed ice.

Before serving whip egg whites until thick as for meringue and fold into the ice cream.
Serve in glass martini cups and garnish with a mint leaf.

4 servings