I can’t and won’t imagine my life without coconut. Ever.
There’s just something about this milky nectar that instantly transports me to the tropics. Somewhere in the lines of Hawaii, Bora Bora, Seychelles… you get the drift, right?
Either that, or it’s time for a tropical getaway *hint: the Hubby* 😉
Ice cream can’t be any simpler. There’s no whisking egg yolks with sugar, heating milk, tempering eggs with hot milk, stirring custard over a hot stove, then cooling the custard etc… it’s just pure vegan, gluten free and healthy indulgence.
All made with readily available ingredients and easy-to-follow method.
Again, can’t be any simpler.
Of course, the tougher work is to convince the Hubby that it’s time for a tropical getaway.
Ingredients:
- 2 cans of full-fat coconut milk (13.5 oz /400ml each), chilled overnight
- 1/3 cup confectioner sugar
- 2 tbsp coconut rum (optional) or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 oz fresh raspberries
- 2 tbsp confectioner sugar
Directions:
- Freeze ice cream bowl overnight.
- Add coconut milk, 1/3 cup confectioner sugar and 2 tbsp coconut rum into a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Pour this mixture into an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- While the ice cream churns, make raspberry puree. Add raspberries and 2 tbsp confectioner sugar into a small blender. Blend away until smooth.
- Strain raspberry puree to remove seeds.
- While ice cream continues to churn, slowly drizzle in raspberry puree.
- Transfer ice cream into a freezer-safe container and freeze for a few hours (until solid) or overnight.
- Serve ice cream topped with toasted coconut flakes and fresh raspberries!
Have a great weekend friends. And if you are going or planning for a tropical getaway and told me about it — just be warned, I might be jealous.
Any ingredient that reminds you of beautiful tropical island?
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Absolutely delightful! This flavor combination is heavenly and just perfect.
Cheers,
Rosa
Rosa — thank you my friend 🙂
I so agree with you, Kiran! Coconut is also an ingredient that I cannot live without it. I love the combination of both coconut and raspberry in this ice cream. I just wish was me holding one of these cups. 🙂
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I love this Kiran! So easy and delicious. When I was doing the auto immune diet, my craving for ice cream drove me crazy. This can be totally Paleo if you sub the sugar. I love it and will book mark it when I start my diet again. Love the gorgeous photos as always, especially the red raspberries against the white background. Stunning!
Nazneen
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Nazneen — thank you so much and yes, this is so easy to enjoy as a paleo diet too!
I have a very strong relationship with recipes that could not be easier 🙂
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Marta — lol, me too 😉
Ditto there Kiran! Love Love Love Coconuts!
The combo of coconut and raspberry is sounding great! Yum! 😀
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Easyfoodsmith — thank you so much 😀
i love anything everything coconut too. I was wondering if its possible to make this deliciousness without an ice cream maker?
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Dixya — yes, it’s possible to make this without an ice-cream maker. Just make sure you blend the ingredients until it totally combines. Add the ice cream mixture in a freezer safe bowl. Freeze for about 30 minutes. Take it out of the freezer and whisk it lightly. Return to the freezer and repeat these steps for a few times in 30 minutes interval until ice cream is creamy enough to your satisfaction 🙂
I haven’t got an ice cream maker! I don’t even know what type of machine I should buy… Any suggestions? Coconut ice cream isn’t so popular here so it would be great if I could make my own every time I want!
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Daniela — I’m using Cuisinart brand ice-cream maker. you can also make this recipe without an ice cream maker 🙂
LOL! Love the subtle hint… You deserve it.. =)
Looks delicious and so creamy!!!!
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No tropical vacay for us, we spend our vacations visiting our families up north; which I love, but I would also love a real vacation!
This ice cream is a good runner up to actually being in the tropics, so yummy!
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Kari — ha! that’s what we do whenever we return to Malaysia and India to visit families. others called that a vacation, for us it’s a visit back home 😉
I don’t get raspberries here =((
BUT I have a whole load of coconuts on our trees. =D
Perfect flavor mixture ever Kiran and I don’t know how I could live without coconut again, it’s a kitchen essential.
Helene — i’m sure it’s perfectly OK to sub raspberries for any local ingredients 🙂
ps: jealous of your coconut trees!!
I love coconut too, and now all I want is a bowl of your coconut ice cream! Could this look anymore perfect? I especially loved those spoons! How adorable! And I think ice cream should always be topped with fresh fruit. Thank you for sharing, my friend!
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I’m not much of a coconut person but I’d gladly dive into this!
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I have been putting my ice cream maker into overdrive! Love this with the raspberries!
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This looks absolutely gorgeous, such beautiful photos! I love the raspberry and coconut combination too, yum!
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Jeez, this looks insane. Love coconut too. Coconut and pineapple remind me of the tropics… I have to go to bora bora someday, eventhough I can’t swim and I know i’ll be so bored after a week, I have to go. It’s heaven!
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I love the combination of both coconut and raspberry in this ice cream. Thanks for this recipe Kiran.
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How pretty is this! Love the flavors too.
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I love the fact that it is egg-free. Gonna try this one. Only thing, can I avoid coconut rum?
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Charul — sure! just sub it for vanilla extract. i did include that in the list of ingredients 🙂
Nice blog.
Smith — thank you so so much!! xo
Wow, this looks so cool and refreshing. I’ve always got coconut milk on hand and was thinking of making ice cream with it but wasn’t sure how it would turn out. I thought it might be too icy but yours looks perfect!
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Needful — thanks. and the key is to churn to whip more air into the ice cream. also, blending the ingredients so that coconut water mixes in well with the rest 🙂
Love the addition of coconut RUM! my God!
Pineapples, passionfruit and mangos are my tropical island fruits 🙂
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Does this mean you are coming back to this part of the world soon? :P..but obviously this is no Hawaii! Simply love the ice-cream, gorgeous!
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Aweee…what beautiful colours, Kiran! Hmmm..coconut and moi are not the best of friends, but would love to try this ice cream for your sake…looks divine.
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Sanjeeta — it’s an honor when a friend is willing to try a recipe for my sake. thank you so much 🙂
Creamy sweet coconut with the raspberry is a great combo and perfect for the season. Lovely airy photographs.
Kankana — thanks dear 🙂
Totally making this!
Matt — yay! let me know how it tastes 🙂
Just wanna jump into the screen to take a scoop of the icecream, looks so good..
Ash — don’t do that. just make the ice cream. let’s not get hurt 😉
Adorable adorable adorable! The food styling is so cute. It makes me yearn for a more photogenic kitchen, hahah. Can’t wait to move out of student accommodation!
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This is almost as good as a tropical getaway… 🙂
Looks delicious Kiran!
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Oh, this looks beautiful! LOVE that it’s vegan! I might make this today 😀 Beautiful photos, I love the pretty spoons! And yay, I’m heading off to Europe in two weeks, so not tropical per se, but still beachy! 🙂
xx gemma
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I could eat this forever, this looks delish 😀
Cheers
CCU
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I love your vegan ice cream. So simple and totally decadent. I love coconut and can’t wait to try this. I think you do deserve a tropical getaway after making him this decadent and healthy dessert, right? I totally think so. 😉
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hope you enjoyed this recipe!
This is nearly exactly how ice cream is made in the Philippines, use of coconut cream. Now I miss our local ice cream
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Raymund — oh, that’s interesting. we love using coconut in desserts in Malaysia too!
looks awesome and deliciously mouthwatering!
Kalyan — thanks!
Oddly enough, I’ve always been a huge fan of coconut flavor without liking the fruit much itself. Or rather, I don’t really care for the dried shredded variety (it’s a textural thing). I do, however, LOVE coconut milk and rum! This looks fabulous.
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Jen — i grew up in somewhat “tropics” so the idea of anyone not loving the fruit itself is mind-boggling 😀
I guess I could probably live without coconut, but why would I want to? It’s one of my favorite flavors! Great ice cream – coconut ice cream can be so excellent, and this looks wonderful. Good stuff – thanks.
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John — don’t ever live without coconut. ever 😀
This sounds like a heavenly combination! I love your cake stand and spons. Great presentation!
Asmita — thank you so much!!
This ice cream looks stunning. I am currently thinking about planting some raspberries on our property they are just so beautiful. I would love to escape the cold nights here in Australia for warm destination right now.
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This ice cream sounds so delicious Kiran! Yay for simple recipes that end up with a completely delicious result 🙂 Your presentation and photography is so light-flooded and beautiful, as always! Thanks for the coconut goodness! xx
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Laura — thanks so much for the sweet compliments, my friend 🙂 xoxo
Stunning blog, beautiful recipes and photos. I recently acquired an ice-cream maker myself so this delicious treat is going straight into the list of yummy things to try soon, thanks!
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Alice — thanks and hope you’ll enjoy making this recipe with your newly acquired ice-cream maker 🙂
goodness what stunning photographs. I don’t know what is more alluring these pictures or your words. you have such a way of capturing the minute details of food and preparation.
Cquek — awww, thanks a lot for the sweet compliments my friend 🙂 xoxo
So pretty and delicious…yummm!
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I love yopur tasty coconut ice-cream & love, love the added coconut rum in here! Ice-cream for adults!
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Sophie — I know you’d enjoy this recipe since it’s vegan 🙂
This is such an amazing flavor for ice cream, Kiran! I love how easy your recipe is and that it only needs 5 ingredients, too. Thanks for sharing!
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Kiran this ice cream looks soooo good! I just love ice cream and when coconut is involved – that’s perfect! 🙂 I just wish I had an ice cream maker!
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Sonal — thank you! and you could always make this recipe without a maker 🙂
What a brilliant ice cream flavor, Kiran!
Viviane — thank you! 🙂
Wow, coconut and raspberries! What a great idea. I have to try your recipe.
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Sika — thank you so much and i hope you’ll enjoy this recipe 🙂
The ice-cream looks wonderfully creamy! We are deep in winter so I will save this recipe for summer 🙂
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Oh my gosh, so few ingredients–I love it! So many ice cream recipes have loooong lists of ingredients and steps to follow.
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Kiersten — lol, so true!
Coconut is something I can’t live without either, which is funny since I hated it as a kid. This looks so easy and yummy!
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These look very delicious Kiran, nice work here.
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My husband and son love coconut. This ice cream would be perfect for them!
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Coconut milk and raspberry ice-cream! It sounds so luscious and so original! I have almost forgotten it’s cold outside…
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Oh my, those are actually scoops of heaven I’d say! I’m seeing Icecream recipes everywhere and here I am with no icecream machine at home…Gotta get me one soon…very soon!
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Manju — thank you so much! you can make ice-cream without the maker too. read the comment i replied in regards to making this ice-cream without the machine. good luck 🙂
So yummy!
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Love coconut flavored ice cream! I cannot believe I didn’t really eat coconut growing up (not as popular ingredient in Japan… WHY!?). I’m catching up all the things I missed, including delicious coconut ice cream… YUM!
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Nami — it’s never too late to indulge into coconut 😀
Adore the combination of sweet coconut and tangy raspberries, an enchanting ice cream!
Deb — thank you!
Kiran, these are simply beautiful! I just rescued my ice cream maker from storage in the basement now that summer’s here, and coconut sounds like a great idea. Thanks for saying hi via Ang Sarap, and looking forward to exploring your blog more.
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Shirley — thank you so much for visiting! and i’m glad you’re dusting up the ice cream maker for more deliciousness 🙂
Kiran, the photography is just beautiful! And I am excited to finally be trying the recipe this afternoon!! Love coconut and like that you don’t add a ton of sugar here.
Also…Where are those spoons from??
Lorie — thank you so so much! i truly appreciate you taking the time to comment and make this recipe. please let me know how it tastes. Enjoy!
ps: The spoons are from Sabre in Paris but you can purchase it at didriks dot com 🙂
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