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17 Nov 2008
Due to my love of the chocolate coconut ice cream recipe I got from The Nourishing Gourmet, I just couldn't resist sharing this recipe I found with you guys.
Curried Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream
2 cans of coconut milk
2/3 cup cocoa powder
6 tbsp sugar (more if desired -- taste it before putting it in the ice cream maker!)
2 tbsp hot yellow curry powder
toasted coconut (optional)
Mix all ingredients well and put in the ice cream maker. Mmmmm.
So simple. So yummy. Let me know what you think. {Tags: chocolate, coconut, curry} {More...}
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31 Oct 2008
So, a few posts back I mentioned that I was going to try to make pumpkin ice cream with coconut milk instead of cream. What an adventure that was!
First off, I grabbed a can of pumpkin pie filling from the store. You know, the one that has everything but eggs & evaporated milk in it?
And then I had 2 cans of coconut milk. So I blended them together (it was very thick -- that should have been my first warning sign) and put it in the ice cream maker.
I ended up with this:
It wasn't bad. It wasn't very sweet or ... {Tags: coconut, pumpkin} {More...}
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13 Oct 2008
Due to the success of my chocolate coconut ice cream last weekend, I am going to try my hand at Pumpkin Coconut Ice Cream.
Faith at Mekuno Cooking offered up this recipe:
Pumpkin-Coconut Ice Cream
4 egg yolks
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 can coconut cream (not coconut milk - Coco Lopez, found with the drink mixers)
1 cup cream
1 cup half and half (or whole milk)
Whisk the egg yolks in a medium saucepan with sugar, salt and spices. Whip them until yellow and lightened in texture and volume. Whisk in ... {Tags: coconut, pumpkin} {More...}
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30 May 2008
A couple weeks ago a group of friends and I all went out to eat at a local Indian restaurant. We used to all go to the buffet at the Indian restaurant in Bangor, ME before we moved here (Portland, ME), so I have grown to like it.
They use a lot of curry in southeast Asia and it's not surprising it has a lot of great health benefits. Most curry powders contain tumeric, which has a multitude of medicinal properties. So, why not put curry in your desserts?
Coconut-Curry Sorbet* (courtesy of Ulterior Epicure)
Ingredients
2 cans of coconut milk
2/3 cup sugar
4 cups light ... {Tags: coconut, curry, thai tea} {More...}
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28 Mar 2008
Last night my friends and I went to dinner at a wonderful little Vietnamese restaurant in Portland, ME called Thanh Thanh 2. We've been there several times and are never disappointed. While they don't have a dessert menu like the Thai restaurant across the street, they do have a nice assortment of shakes. I think I've tried all of them on the list... even the dreaded durian shake.
My shake choice last night was Red Bean and Coconut. Simply delicious! I've tried red bean popsicles before from the asian food market across the street (yes, this street is very well cultured!) ... {Tags: coconut, red bean} {More...}
