Homemade Pawpaw Ice Cream

As many of you know I have been harvesting pawpaw like crazy over the last few weeks. I recently shared a video of how I like to process my pawpaws so that I can save my pulp and freeze it for later. By far my favorite thing to do with my frozen pawpaw pulp is to make easy vegan pawpaw nice cream. Pawpaw has the flavor of a mixture of banana, mango, and pineapple, so this is definitely a tropical dessert!
2 cups (~12 ounces) frozen pawpaw cubes
1/4 cup plant based milk (oat, almond, soy, etc)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Add all of the ingredients into a food processor or high speed blender. Mix on a medium/high speed for 30-60 seconds or until the mixture is nice and creamy.

[@russbear31]

There is a bakery near me that makes "paw paw pecan pie" each year. The area of Missouri where I live has both wild paw paws and wild pecans. Both the fruit and the nut come into season at the same time, so it's a match made in heaven. They basically add mashed up paw paw pulp to a pecan pie.

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

That sounds delicious!

[@marylee2732]

YES this is the PERFECT idea along with banana or fruit pudding.

[@Chichinha]

That looks delicious. I'm hoping to have my first taste of Paw paws soon.

[@nomparfait]

Looking forward to trying that, I love ice cream, I've lots of pawpaws, so perfect! Think I'll ads some pecans or walnuts 😋 How about some other pawpaw recipes, including pawpaw pies, mead or beer😄

[@homemademama5459]

Good to know that it will grow almost anywhere. I have never had this and would be cool to grow it here in Wisconsin.

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

Yes! Wisconsin will work great!

[@ConsciousAppetite]

Love paw paws😍. I was finally able to find it at a farmers market in Philly. Most people have never heard of it, I talked about it in my new video. Great idea to make nice cream out of it! I'm definitely going to buy more to make into pulp and freeze next season🙌.

[@broj2371]

This looks so good! I will have to tell my sister to forage since they are in season.

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

yes!

[@bolton7961]

I live in lower Michigan and we’ll try planting some of these soon!

[@travisdavis1042]

While being tropical tasting, pawpaw is not a tropical fruit. It’s a temperate fruit do to its growing zone. Love the vid love the recipe. Can’t wait to try.

[@GreenVegan816]

I've never tried a Pawpaw before, but I work at a health food store so I'm going to see if I can order some. Thanks for the info!

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

Yes! Hope you can try one!

[@agnesross4168]

Looks good

[@QuickEasy101RecipesPlus]

We love making our own ice cream. This would be perfect! We've never had pawpaw fruit before but after this yummy looking recipe of your pawpaw ice cream we will research it and see if we can find it. We're in New Jersey so we'll check out a couple of specialty stores to see. Looks delish!! Thanks for sharing. 😊👍🏽

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

yes, you should have some their!

[@christianxzowner2958]

Thanks for this

[@GrowHealthTV]

Yum, Yum.

[@samanthabarnett9497]

I just made pawpaw fruit leather. Would love to see you do a video on this.

[@daveroth1696]

Did it make you ill? I've heard from others that making leather out of paw paw is a no no.

[@tranarchism]

i think its just the largest native fruit, not the only, because persimmons are also native

[@evelynbagnasco7293]

Not seeing the fruits, I wonder if we are talking about pawpaw or papaya?

[@aleidaluna3477]

What is pawpaw?? Never seen this fruit before.

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

It is a tropical fruit from north america :)

[@aleidaluna3477]

I need a food processor

[@PlantBasedGabriel]

We have definitley enjoyed ours

[@barbiec4312]

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