Raw Red Velvet Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
I have seen red velvet everything lately, ice cream, yogurt, I even saw some red velvet protein powder last week. I have to admit I am a bit attracted to it too. As long as it is not colored with artificial red, I do have 10 recipes on my site for red velvet. The thought of red velvet ice cream sounded good, but I would not buy it at the store since it was all dairy and filled with refined sugar and artificial color. This seemed like a good opportunity to make my own red velvet ice cream.
Raw Red Velvet Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Makes about 5 cups
Ice Cream:
1 cup coconut water
2 cups young coconut meat (or raw cashews, soaked 4 hours and drained if unavailable)
2 cups soaked raw cashews, drained (soaked at least 4 hours)
1/2 cup raw coconut nectar
seeds of one vanilla bean
a pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup coconut oil, warmed to liquid
3 inch chunk organic raw beet
1 cup chopped raw chocolate
Add coconut water to a food processor, along with cashews, coconut, agave 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. Remove 1/3 of the mixture and place in a bowl in the fridge. Add the beet to the remaining mixture in the food processor and process until well blended. Pour through a fine meshed strainer to remove any coconut or beet bits. Pour the strained mixture into an ice cream maker and process according to directions. Remove from ice cream maker, stir in chocolate. and pour 1/3 of it into a freezer safe container with a lid, then add some of the plain vanilla mixture in Tbspfuls. Add half the remaining red ice cream, then more drops of vanilla. Add the rest of the red mixture, then the last of the vanilla. Swirl with a knife. Set in the freezer for about 4 hours, or overnight before serving.
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Fantastic job as usual! I too love anything red velvet so I will definitely have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing :)<br /><br />Happy Blogging!<br /><a href="http://www.happyvalleychow.com/" rel="nofollow">Happy Valley Chow</a><br />
Thanks so much :)! I hope you do, it is one of my favorite red velvet goodies so far!
Yumm! This one looks amazing. I am so happy I have found your blog. So many inspiring recipes. Great job! Hugs
Thanks so much Katrin :)! Welcome, I am happy to have you here!
Yum your ice-cream looks so good, I love the ingredients list too!
Thank you so much :)! Quality ingredients are important to me.
The best think which I liked about it is that you didn't use anything artificial. It looks so delicious. I wish I could prepare one for myself right now. Thank you so much for the ingredients. I have noted it down. Let's see when I'm to make it. <br /><br />Regards,<br />Finn Felton<br /><a href="http://cluwak.com/" rel="nofollow">Kopi Luwak</a><br />
Thank you :)! It is important to me what I put into my body so no red dye is allowed ;). I hope you do find the time to make it, you will love it!
I blogged your recipe and your page! I am making it this weekend! <3<br /><br />www.chickensoupsandwich.com
Awesome Kelly :)! Let me know how you like it!
I am going to make it this weekend, and if I like it I will spring it on my passover guests! I guarantee they won't have anything like it at another Seder!:-)
Awesome :)! So happy you are going to make it, hope you have a wonderful passover weekend!
Just to clarify, the plain vanilla part is NOT frozen in the ice cream maker, just chilled and then layered and swirled into the red part, correct?
No it is not. Otherwise it wouldn't swirl as well.
If I can't find raw cashews that are kosher for passover, can I sub almonds or walnuts? Or even roasted cashews? This time of year can be a little hard to find acceptable ingredients. :-(
It would be better to use raw sunflower seeds, macadamias or pine nuts as almonds often do not end up smooth. You could use roasted cashews but the ice cream will taste off due to the roasted flavor.
Hi Amy! Here is my feedback on the recipe which I hope you will find helpful. First, are strawberries meant to be mixed in with the beet? They are the second ingredient listed but never mentioned in the instructions. Second, even though I put the mixture through a regular sieve and then my finest sieve, it still had little tiny white specks of either coconut or macadamia so texture was not smooth and creamy and didn't look nearly as gorgeous as your picture. Where did I go wrong? Under processing? I used my cuisinart food processor as recommended. The flavor was nice even though the texture was not what I was hoping for. Would love to try it again with a little more guidance from you!
You may not have soaked the macs long enough or your food processor may not be powerful enough. I have noticed I need my vitamix to get them smooth sometimes. But since you strained the mixture and there were still chunks, I think that maybe what happened was your coconut oil was not warm enough and it separated from the other ingredients, creating small chunks (which has happened to me). Make sure your coconut oil is warmer next time, and the other mixute is not too cold, so they can emulsify better. It is easy to fix though if it does happen again, simply remove about 1/4 cup of the ice cream base, warm it, and add it back, it should blend back together.
Oh, also the berries were a typo, I was using another one of my recipes as a guide for this. They are not supposed to be in this recipe, but I am sure they would be delicious if you wanted it strawberry flavored ;).
Got it! Think the other ingredients must have been too cold. I'll try it again--thanks so much! :-)
Tried it again and so glad I did! It came out beautifully this time. Minor modification: I added some sour salt to the plain vanilla part to evoke the tanginess of the cream cheese icing you'd find on red velvet cake and provided that spark of tartness that goes so well with beet. I used 3/4 tsp sour salt for the amount I reserved but would suggest adding it in 1/4 tsp increments till you find the balance you like. Thanks for an amazing recipe! Looking forward to making more of your yummy desserts.
Yay :)! So glad it turned out for you!
Mmm mmm, this reminds me of summer! Which seems much farther off than it probably is, give me strawberry season!
I wish it were summer :)!
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