Recipe: Guava Mint Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert

Guava’s popularity has been increasing substantially over the past few years with no end in sight. With a tangy, fruity, and bright flavor guava is quintessential to all product lines. Guava’s flavor profile contributes acidity and tanginess, which compliments sweet food items, such as pastries, cupcakes, and icings, and also offers a well-balanced flavor to savory products, such as marinades, dressings, and sauces. Guava imparts a pleasant aroma and color to finished products, making them all the more appetizing to your consumers. Guava naturally contains vitamins A and C, as well as antioxidants, making it the perfect ingredient to use in formulations!  

Guava is a versatile ingredient that can be used for numerous applications. Guava has long been a staple in Latin cuisine, and is often incorporated into beverages and desserts. Guava is a great addition to jellies, jams, and marmalades, too. Its multi-faceted flavor profile blends well with other fruits including but not limited to mango, banana, and passionfruit. The options are endless for applications with this unique ingredient! 

Warmer weather is right around the corner, so the iTi Innovation Team has created a recipe for a fresh and sweet Guava Mint Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert to showcase guava’s vivacious, spirited nature. 

Guava Mint Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert 

Directions 

1. Combine 2970 Coconut Milk Powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl.  Whisk to combine.  Transfer mixture to a food processor and mix for five minutes. The mixture should turn into a paste.  

2.  While mixing coconut milk powder, bring 565g water to a boil.  Set aside remaining 100g of water.  

3. After five minutes is up, turn off the food processor.  Once the water has boiled, remove it from heat.  Add the coconut milk powder mixture to the boiling water.  Mix, then add 3370 Guava Concentrate and 4300 Dragon Fruit Puree.  

4. Blend with an immersion blender until the mixture looks smooth. Return the mixture to the stove and heat on low-medium heat. While heating, combine the water that was set aside and add cornstarch.  Mix to combine.    

5. Add the water and cornstarch to the mixture and stir frequently.  Then add mint and vanilla extracts. Continue to heat until the mixture has a thick consistency.  The mixture should coat the back of a spoon without dripping off.  

6.  Once mixture has this consistency, remove from heat and refrigerate for at least two hours.  

7. After two hours, transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.  

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