Raw Pineapple Habanero Ice Cream
I love the combination of fruit and a little spice in ice cream, I have done it before with berries and chipotle chilies, so I knew this would be good. I wasted no time in creating it and got to work. I used my usual raw coconut base, added a bit of lime juice for tartness and plenty of pineapple. I only needed one habanero sans its seeds to give it just the right amount of heat. Spicy, but not burn your face off.
Raw Pineapple Habanero Ice Cream
Makes about 5 cups
1/2 cup lime juice
1/2 cup fresh coconut water (or filtered water)
2 cups raw cashews, soaked overnight and drained
2 cups young coconut meat, chopped
1/2 cup raw coconut nectar
seeds of one vanilla bean
a pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup coconut oil, warmed to liquid
2 cups organic pineapple, diced
Add lime juice and coconut water to a food processor, along with zest, cashews, coconut meat, coconut nectar, vanilla, and sea salt. Process until smooth, then with the processor running, add the coconut oil slowly and process until well incorporated, about a minute. Add the pineapple and habanero and process until smooth. Pour the mixture through a fine meshed strainer and press through until you have removed any coconut bits (you can skip this step, but it makes for a smoother ice cream). Pour the strained mixture into an ice cream maker and process according to directions. Remove from ice cream maker, and pour into a freezer safe container. Let chill in the freezer for a few hours until a little more firm before scooping.
8 Comments
What?! This sounds amazing! A local restaurant around here makes buffalo sauce ice cream and it's pretty good. Thanks for sharing :)<br /><br />Happy Blogging!<br /><a href="http://www.happyvalleychow.com/" rel="nofollow">Happy Valley Chow</a>
Thank you :)! I love interesting ice cream flavors, especially fruit with heat. Buffalo sounds interesting!
Looks delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you :)! It totally was! Happy to share!
Looove raw ice Cream! This sure looks and sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing Lovely!
Thank you :)!
I'm going to try this as my very first raw dish! What a great way to start! Thanks
Awesome :)! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!