AVOCADO À LA MODE

Ingredients:
1 medium-sized ripe avocado
½ cup custard sauce (chilled)
1 pint vanilla ice-cream

Method:
Cut avocado in half lengthwise, remove from seed and peel each half.

Cut across into ½-inch semi-circles.

Put 2 scoops of ice-cream in each of 3 oval glass dishes. Arrange the avocado pieces around, and on the top of, the ice cream in each dish. Pour 1/3 of sauce over each. Garnish with ½ of green cherry.

For custard sauce, use ½ cup milk, 1 Tbl custard powder, 1 Tbl sugar and flavouring.

Mix ingredients and cook in the top of a double boiler till thick. Check taste.

DATE: July 1984

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