Greetings Hive foodies. I hope you all have been well. Here in Cambodia it has been a crazy few weeks, hence my Hive absence. It has been very busy at work, we did some garden work, and did some fun stuff with friends.
I also squeezed in 2 tattoo sessions (another one coming upon next week) to get my back piece finished. My friend is going back to Europe for a few months so we wanted to finish this amazing, but very intense project.
While all these things kept me quite busy I have been very active in the kitchen too, but I haven't found time to post any of my recipes until today.
Since I have a lot of free time this weekend I thought I start off with the vegan ice cream as I want to give this recipe another go as soon as possible. But I need your help!
My first attempt making vegan ice cream wasnβt a complete failure but I can't call it a grand success either. Hence this post.
I am hoping that we have some more experienced vegan ice cream makers here on Hive that can help me out.
Let's start with the good
It was super easy to make, though it takes some stirring dedication if you don't own an ice cream maker.
Second, the flavor was absolutely spot on. Though I just found some real vanilla beans, which is going to make my next batch even better, it tasted great with the vanilla extract and dark, vegan chocolate chips.
The bad
It was rock hard - Unscoopable.
Even when you left it out on the counter for 5-10 min, only the sides were melting, but the middle remained a solid mass.
Though the ice cream was super hard, it didn't have any ice crystals, which means I stirred it enough while hardening. But I would very much like to improve the consistency.
I am asking you all for help to improve this recipe
I will share the ingredients and preparation method below.
So if you have made vegan, creamy, scoopable ice cream before - PLEASE HELP.
It's so hot atm that I really would love a cold, healthy, vegan snack. We are slowly moving from the rainy season into the dry season, while the temperatures aren't as high as in April and May (the hottest months of the year), it is very humid. Sticky, sweaty weather, so we are all dying for ice cream.
The Recipe
- 825ml or 28 fl. oz. coconut cream
- ΒΌ cup cane sugar
- Pinch of Himalayan pink salt
- 2-3 tsp vanilla extract
- β cup vegan dark choc chips
I used white cane sugar, though I wanted to use the raw, brown version for this, but apparently, we didn't have any left. However, I don't think this will change the result and make the ice cream any better.
I added all ingredients, except choc chips, into a blender and blended the mixture until smooth and creamy.
I poured the mixture into a container and stirred in the chocolate chips.
FYI: I do not have an ice cream maker, but I don't think that would have made any difference in the end result.
For the first 2 hours, I stirred every 20 minutes, after that every 30-40 minutes to avoid ice crystal forming during the freezing process.
Once I had a tick soft-serve consistency I stopped stirring and let it harden overnight.
I was actually pretty happy about its creaminess when I stopped stirring the mixture every 30-40 minutes. I was so confident that thanks to using thick coconut cream instead of coconut milk it was going to be perfect to make the most beautiful scoops to serve my hubby.
The disappointment was great, but this isnβt stopping me. We both loved the flavor, even though we had to cut our way through it to scoop some into a bowl.
So I will not rest before I made a vegan ice cream that is creamy and scoopable.
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Interesting! Hope it tastes better than the look lol. Thanks.
The taste is great, but it was too hard. That's why I made this post to ask the Hive community for help to improve the looks of my ice cream. Let's hope my second try is going to give me beautiful scoops. Thank you for stopping by.
I never tried to make ice cream. 2 sessions for your back piece? What tattoo are you getting done and how painful is it to have your back tattoed?
I am getting a big mermaid that goes over the whole back, with the tail ending at the back of my right knee. Big project. 6 sessions of 5-7h in total. The back and ass are so painful but it is so worth it. Though, pain wise, I wouldn't recommend getting a back piece πππ
Wow that must look stunning! I would have thought that the skin on the back is thicker so the pain would be more bearable. Have you tried numbing creams? There are some which can be applied during the tattoo process, @daltono told me more about it.
Thanks! I thought the same before we started the project, but OMG it hurts. The worst place I have been tattooed and I got quite a few lol. That's what happens when 3 of your good friends are tattoo artists.
Will ask my friend about the creams, but then it is (touch-ups excluded) the last session next Sunday so it might be a bit late to get our hands on this cream. Cambodia is not the easiest country to find special supplies. Thanks though for the tip. Will post pics soon when it is finished and healed.
Good luck and I am sure that it will turn out gorgeous!
Ok I know exactly what you mean and I too would love a tip. I still want to dive into it because it looks creamy and sounds delicious. Coconut hmmmn!
I guess it's all about the machine but you know, even at a vegan restaurant that I worked at, they used an industrial ice cream maker and it was not super creamy and got super hard. I remember being annoyed that we had to take it in and out of the freezer to maintain the consistency.
Someone help with the info. We all want to know!
I hope we can get an answer through this post. I know one restaurant here that serves soft, creamy vegan ice cream so I might go visit the guy who makes it and bug him untill he tells me his secrets lol.
We made vegan ice cream using coconut cream before. It was really hard and unscoopable as well. We never tried making another one again. I hope someone will be able to share their ideas how to improve this recipe
Crossing fingers... There must be a way. Like I said I am not going to give up lol. The taste is too good.
The recipe looks great - thanks for sharing. Pity it was not easily "scoop-able". I am happy that you will not relent though. I have made vegan ice cream with cashew nuts but it was gone very quickly. I will try again and let u know about the scoop - ability. :-)
Thank you. My friend made some using cashew nuts too and she had the same problem... Too hard. Please let me know if you try again. All tips are welcome
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I looks really delicious!
I knoe just made Nice Cream, that melts really fast
Thank you. Let's hope I can create a better version of it soon. Have a beautiful day