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Coconut Lime Dairy-Free Ice Cream

This non-dairy ice cream is a refreshing and decadent treat. The coconut provides a rich and creamy base that perfectly blends with the fruitiness of the pineapple and brightness of lime. The ice cream is rounded out with the floral notes of the makrut.
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Prep Time:25 minutes
Churn Time:25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Thai
Keyword: Coconut, Ice Cream
Author: Rachel & Emily Conklin (cookingwithconks)

Equipment

  • Ice cream maker (we used our Cuisinart Gelateria maker)

Ingredients

Makrut Lime Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 10-12 makrut lime leaves, torn roughly

Ice Cream

  • 2 (13.5oz) cans coconut cream
  • 1 cup makrut lime simple syrup
  • 1 ½ cup fresh or frozen pineapple
  • juice of 2 regular limes
  • zest of 1 regular lime
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ tsp coconut extract
  • 5 makrut lime leaves , bruised

Instructions

  • Before making your ice cream base, make sure your ice cream maker bowl is frozen for 12 to 24 hours.

Makrut Lime Simple Syrup

  • Heat the water and the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
  • While mixture is heating, add the torn makrut leaves and cook until sugar dissolves, about 3-5 minutes.
  • Let leaves steep in syrup as mixture cools, about 15-20 minutes. Be sure to strain out leaves before using syrup.

Ice Cream

  • Blend coconut cream, lime juice, pineapple, salt, and extracts in a blender until smooth.
  • Pour into bowl or container and whisk in zest and simple syrup.
  • Add the 5 bruised makrut lime leaves to the container, cover, and put in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
  • When ready to churn ice cream, remove the makrut lime leaves from the ice cream base and whisk up mixture since it may have separated while in the fridge.
  • Make ice cream according to your ice cream maker's settings (we churned ours on "ice cream" for 20 minutes).
  • Freeze ice cream in a freezer friendly container so that it can firm up until you are ready to eat it.

Notes

If you don’t have makrut lime leaves, just make recipe with plain simple syrup and ignore the instructions to steep makrut lime leaves in mixture before churning. Do not use regular lime leaves as a substitute for makrut.