Raw Vegan Recipe: Coconut Ice Cream

July 31, 2008

Grasseater Woman posted a recipe for coconut ice cream in Sumptuous Feasts. I had all the ingredients so I was the guinea pig for the forum. I didn’t go exactly by the recipe so I’m taking the liberty of calling this one my own.

Note: I’m cheating and taking an already existing page and putting in the form of a post so it will come under the Raw Vegan Recipes (Illustrated) category. Being both places should make it easier for interested people to find.

Coconut Ice Cream

Kill a young coconut
Drain the water and scoop out the flesh. (When I did this, I ended up with 2 1/2 cups combined.)
Put the water and meat into your blender and blend until smooth.
Add dark agave nectar to taste (I probably used about two tsp) and blend again.
Add vanilla bean or vanilla extract (I used 1/4 tsp) and a pinch of sea salt.
Blend just long enough to mix.

Then I poured it into my La Glaciere:

Here it is at different stages of “doneness”:

And now!

Enjoy! That’s mint from my planter. It survived freezing, flooding, and drought. It’s tough. And the ice cream is delicious!

Note about the agave nectar—I found out the hard way that the dark is sweeter than the light so I was very cautious when I put it in the first time. I added it, tasted, and added a little more.

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