I’m quite late jumping on the salted caramel bandwagon, I admit. But this recipe was just too good not to share!
📖 Recipe
Vegan Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Yield:
6
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
15 minutes
A vegan salted caramel ice cream, made using coconut milk and coconut sugar. Sweet, delicious and healthier than regular ice cream, as a bonus!
Ingredients
- 700 ml 3 cups full-fat tinned coconut milk
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 150 g ¾ cup coconut sugar*
- optional 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (further enhances the caramel taste)
Instructions
- Take the cans of coconut milk out of the fridge, open them and notice how the fat has sunk to the bottom and the skimmed has floated to the top. We want the fat part, the cream (Don't fear the fat!) So pour out the liquid and discard or keep for another recipe. And scrape out the cream to use for the ice cream, you will need 3 cups full.
- Combine all the ingredients in a blender and mix for a minute until completely smooth.
- Follow your ice cream maker's instructions to churn the ice cream.
- When it's churned, transfer it to a shallow, freezer-safe container and leave it to firm up for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Take out the freezer 5-10 minutes before you want to serve, to let it soften slightly. Then use an ice cream scoop, soaked in hot water to create the perfect scoops! ENJOY!
Notes
*refrigerating and separating the coconut milk is a necessary stage in this recipe. It's what gives such a creamy end result.
*coconut sugar is also known as coconut palm sugar but please note that 'palm sugar' is not the same.
Karina says
So cool! Will try that next weekend. But please, could you not encourafe people to throw what is left from coconut milk.. Siunds like a waist of food, isnt it?
Aimee says
Thanks Karina! Oh no, I never encourage food waste, which is why I mentioned they could keep the leftovers for another recipe. It goes great in a curry :-) Let me know how you get on if you try it!
Atika says
It is common for Indonesian people to make ice cream using coconut milk. But I never thought of combination of coconut milk, coconut sugar and sea salt (although I always have all this ingredients in my kitchen) could tasted so delicious ! You are very smart and creative Aimee :)
Mike says
Looks good, want to try this. We just made some coconut milk ice cream Saturday night when we had some friends over. One question, you mention raw coconut milk from a can, how can something canned be raw? Thanks.
Aimee says
Hi Mike, very good question. I’m not on a raw diet myself so I confess this wasn’t something I considered. However, I have found this tutorial from The Spunky Coconut on how to make fresh, raw coconut cream: http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2013/03/how-to-make-coconut-cream-tutorial.html Hope that helps, and I’ll edit the post to cover this!
Kristen@The Vegan Weirdos Next Door says
This ice cream looks positively divine. I can’t even think of any other way to describe it. I have a list of vegan ice creams that I want to make, and this nudged it’s way to the top!
Aimee says
Thanks Kristen! Let me know how yours turns out :-)
Samina | The Cupcake Confession says
I’m absoluetlyyyyyy LOOOVINGGGG this ice cream! Coconut milk…I’m a fan… Coconut sugar… I’m a fan… this salted caramel ice cream? I’m DEFINITELY A FAN! :) LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Aimee says
Haha thank you Samina! I’m a fan too :P