Dragon fruit ice cream recipe

Dragon fruit

ice cream

Dragon Fruit (red variety) 

1 large

Fresh squeezed orange juice 

from 2 oranges

Sugar syrup 

1 cup (or to taste)

Fresh milk 

200 ml

Whipping cream  

250 ml

Peel dragon fruit. Cut into a few pieces and place inside a blender. Add in all the other ingredients. Blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl (or into the ice cream maker bucket), and chill inside the fridge for at least an hour or two before churning in the ice cream maker.

Taste the mixture with a clean spoon before proceeding. Add more sugar syrup if you think it is necessary. 
I'm not a fan of very sweet desserts myself. But always remember that the mixture needs to be a bit sweeter than what you think is 'just right'.  Because once it turns into ice cream, what was 'just right' before you popped it into the ice cream maker, may end up tasting 'not sweet enough'  – it has happened to me a few times.  ;' (

With the Cuisineart ice cream maker, the timer is usually set for 1 hour. But if the ingredients are very cold, the time required may be shorter. I usually let the ice cream churn for about 50 minutes. By then the mixture is already smooth and delicious! The colour of the ice cream is absolutely brilliant!

Spoon it into individual cups (with covers), or into ice cream trays. Chill at least 1.5 hours before serving.  (Dragon fruit by itself doesn't really have a distinctive smell or taste. But when made into ice-cream.... it is truly a creamy, exotic treat!)

Makes 1.5 liters of ice cream