Healthy Ice Cream
Cook time: 4 hours - over night
Ice cream. You don't need any more than that.
Ingredients
- 2 Cups / 17 oz / 480 g - organic Heavy Cream
- 1 Cup / 8 oz / 227 g - organic Coconut Milk
- 2/3 Cup / 133 g - Sweetener (recommend Xylitol or Erythitol)
- 6 large organic Egg Yolks
- 1/2 Cup / 8 TBS / 40 g - unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 TSP - Xanthan Gum (this helps to prevent Ice Cream turning into ice in the freezer)
- 1/8 TSP / 1 g - Vanilla
- OPTIONAL: Chopped Pecans (1 Cup) and Peanut Butter (1/2 Cup) swirled in
Instructions
- Grind Xylitol in a coffee grinder to make into a powder.
- In a small pot, simmer (not quite at a boil) Heavy Cream, Coconut Milk, Sweetener and Salt until sugar completely dissolves - about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat.
- In a separate bowl, whisk yolks.
- Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about 1/3 of the hot Cream into the Yolks, then whisk the Yolk mixture back into the pot with the Cream.
- Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170°F on an instant-read thermometer).
- Cool mixture to room temperature.
- Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight or keep in refrigerator to speed things up.
- Churn liquid in an ice cream machine.
- Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed.