Young Coconut Ice Cream
Young Coconut Ice Cream
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Category
Dessert
Cuisine
Tropical
Servings
4 - 6 servings
Prep Time
2 hours
Cook Time
10 minutes
A luscious ice cream with bits of fresh young coconut. Drink the fresh coconut water to refresh and hydrate, or freeze and add to morning smoothies.
Ingredients
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3 1/2 cups canned coconut milk (unsweetened)
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1 cup sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 whole Sweet Young Coconut (meat scooped out and cut into 1/2 inch slices)
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1/4 cup corn kernels
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Peanuts or Coconut Clean Snax®, chopped and to your taste
Garnish
Directions
In a heavy saucepan, combine the coconut milk, sugar, and salt.
Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, stirring often to dissolve the sugar and salt.
Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate until very cold, about 2 hours.
Add corn and coconut slices to coconut mixture; freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacture's directions.
Serve at once, or transfer to an airtight container and place in the freezer.
Recipe Note
- Special Equipment: ice cream or gelato machine and serrated knife and non-slip cutting board.
- Find out how to safely cut open a Sweet Young Coconut, please review our cooking tip: Coconut, Cutting Young Coconut.
- Coconut Milk can be purchased at your grocer in the Asian Foods aisle. The coconut water extracted from the Young Coconut is for drinking or adding to smoothies.