Avocado Pudding

Ingredients

• ¾ cup instant dry milk
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 3 tbsp cornstarch, measured without packing
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¾ cup milk
• 1¼ cups water
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into bits
• 1 California avocado, mashed with a bit of lemon juice

Procedures

1. Mix instant dry milk, sugar, cornstarch and salt into heavy saucepan and slow whisk in milk and water.
2. cook, stirring over moderate heat until pudding thickens and bubbles form around edges.
3. Cook 2 minutes longer stirring constantly.
4. Remove from heat.
5. In small bowl, add vanilla to beaten egg.
6. Stir in California avocado.
7. Add ½ cup of hot pudding to this mixture and stir.
8. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until blended.
9. Whisk in butter bits.
10. Strain into 4 individual serving dishes.
11. Cover with plastic and chill.