mango coconut ice-cream (AIP)

If you’ve been following on Facebook, you’ll know that I was spoilt with an ice-cream maker for Christmas (a fancy one with in-built compressor so half the freezer isn’t taken up with the frozen bowl).  Very spoilt!  The first attempt was a DIVINE nutella gelato, but now that Christmas is over and the healthy eating starts to creep back in, I have made this mango coconut ice-cream.  It’s dairy free, gluten free, paleo and even AIP compliant!

Let’s be real, it’s not nutella gelato BUT for the cold creamy ice-creamy sensation, it’s pretty good and uber simple with just 3 ingredients.

• flesh of 3 mangos

  

  AIP mango coconut icecream

• 1 large can coconut cream (mine was 560ml)
• 2 Tbsp honey

1. Blitz the mangos in a blender, add coconut cream and honey and blend until combined.
2. Place in the fridge for 4 hours or over night if possible.
3. Churn in an ice-cream maker for 30-40 minutes.
4. Eat immediately for the best creamy consistency.

If you want to store it for another day, put into a container (or little ones for portion control).  You will need to take it out of the freezer for at least 20 mins before you want to eat it as it gets very hard.

choc-caramel bites

(Step 3 (top), step 4 (middle), step 5 (bottom))

Are you looking for something a bit fancy to serve with coffee at a dinner party?  Here is a simple but decadent recipe – combining the winning chocolate/caramel combo.  If you use dark chocolate it’s dairy-free too.

coconut cream caramel sauce

I wanted to take a ‘sweet treat’ to Sydney for a family catch-up whilst my sister was visiting from London.  I also was trying to make something AIP compliant.  Not an easy task! I came up with the idea of making a caramel sauce using coconut cream and then putting it into a chocolate (see choc-caramel bites).  Because of the sugar it’s not really paleo or AIP – you could use honey instead depending on how strict you are, but in the end I came up with a yummy, thick caramel that tasted good and in the end, that was good enough for me!