Last week, I featured a review of Hannah Kaminsky’s new cookbook, Vegan A La Mode. We followed that up with a wonderful sample recipe from the book for Purple Cow Ice Cream. But believe it or not, Hannah has many more vegan ice cream recipes churning away, including this chocolate chocolate chip ice cream.
Though many of Hannah’s creations can almost be labeled as eccentric, this one displays her traditional side. The double dose of chocolate in this ice cream adds richness to what already promises to be a decadent treat.
Cool and refreshing, yet gourmet enough to be sold in a restaurant, the following chocolate chocolate chip ice cream recipe beckons to be churned up in your ice cream maker today …
Special Diet Notes: Vegan Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based and vegetarian.
- ¼ Cup Dutch-Processed Cocoa Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Arrowroot Powder / Starch
- ¼ Teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder
- ⅛ Teaspoon Salt
- Generous Pinch Ground Cinnamon
- 3 Cups Full-Fat Canned Coconut Milk
- ½ Cup Light Agave Nectar
- ½ Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (pick a brand such as Enjoy Life chocolate chips to keep the recipe "free-from")
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (pick a brand such as Enjoy Life chocolate chips to keep the recipe "free-from")
- In a large sauce pan, combine the cocoa powder, arrowroot, coffee powder, salt, and cinnamon, distributing the dry ingredients evenly throughout. Pour in just about 1 cup of the coconut milk, and whisk vigorously to form a thick paste, making sure to moisten all of the dry goods and get out any lumps. Once smooth and homogeneous, go ahead and add in the remaining coconut milk, along with the agave. Turn on the stove to medium heat, and whisk occasionally as it comes up to temperature. When bubbles begin forming around the edges of the liquid, add in the chocolate chips, and just let the mixture sit for 2 minutes, to allow the chocolate to begin melting.
- Switch over to a wide spatula, and stir gently, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan, to make sure that nothing sticks and that the chocolate fully melts. Once the mixture comes up to a full boil, cook for just a minute or two longer, and as long as there are no more whole chocolate chips remaining, turn off the heat. Stir in the vanilla extract, and let cool completely before moving it into the refrigerator to chill.
- Once fully chilled, churn in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- When the ice cream is about 5 minutes away from finishing in the machine, melt down the chocolate chips, and slowly drizzle the liquid chocolate in a thin stream directly into the ice cream machine. It will freeze instantly on the surface of the ice cream, and the turning paddle will break it up into nice little chips.
- Transfer the ice cream into an air-tight container, and store in the freezer. Let solidify in the freezer for at least 3 hours before serving.
2 Comments
Hi, I was wondering if you could explain using full fat coconut milk. Im starting the Paleo diet and love coconut so have a bunch of recipes calling for full fat coconut milk…When it says to use ,lets say a cup of full fat , am I scraping the top fat ( creamy stuff ) off the can top of coconut milk and leaving the liquid under it alone? Does full fat mean using just the creamy stuff on the top..?.I have looked everyplace and cannot find what using full fat really means..thank You.
Jan Navales
Hi Jan, see this post – http://www.godairyfree.org/news/how-to-use-coconut-milk – as it describes, the full fat is the whole can (shaken). Only separate and use just the thick part if they call for coconut cream, specifically.