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Jus d'Avocat (عصير الأفوكادو)
Created by Chef Zohra
A thick Moroccan juice-bar glass, ripe avocado blended with cold milk and sugar until it pours slowly, creamy and green, the Ramadan refresher that turns one blender into several welcome glasses.
The avocado must be ripe enough to yield under your thumb, but not so soft that it tastes tired. That is where this drink begins. No spice saves a bad avocado. You blend it with cold milk and sugar until the glass turns pale green and heavy, almost spoonable, the way the juice bars pour it after sunset in Ramadan.
The work is short, but the judgment matters. Add the milk in stages because avocado changes from fruit to cream very quickly. Too little and the blender complains. Too much and you've lost the thickness that makes this عصير الأفوكادو, a Moroccan avocado juice, and not just flavored milk.
Serve it cold, in tall glasses, and don't make one glass only. Someone will ask for a sip, then another. Une table, c'est une porte qu'on laisse ouverte, a table is a door you leave open, and sometimes the door is held by a chilled blender jar.
Ingredients
ripe avocados
Quantity
2 large
chilled if possible
cold whole milk
Quantity
750ml
plus more if needed
sugar
Quantity
3 to 4 tbsp
or to taste
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| ripe avocadoschilled if possible | 2 large |
| cold whole milkplus more if needed | 750ml |
| sugaror to taste | 3 to 4 tbsp |
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