Once upon a time I ate cow milk ice cream. And once upon a time I ate cow milk pineapple ice cream in Hawaii with my fiancé, now husband) – wow 13 year ago (and I still remember that ice cream). We were at the Dole pineapple plantation in Oahu. It was the most delightful ice cream I had ever eaten. Not really one for heavy, overly sweet or chocolaty treats, this pineapple ice cream was so refreshing and light. I fell in love. This tropical coconut milk based ice cream brought me back to that romantic stay in the islands. In addition to pineapple, however, I added fresh mango, banana, and lime. It’s a real tropical explosion. This recipes makes quite a bit – too much for my ice cream maker. I suggest using the leftover mixture in popsicle molds or refrigerate to use in a smoothie. I hope you enjoy it. Mahalo.
Ingredients:
-2 cans full fat coconut milk (3 cups). See here or here
-2 cups fresh chopped mango
-1 1/2 cups fresh or canned pineapple
-1 medium ripe banana (5 ounces worth)
-1/3 cup fresh lime juice
-1/4 cup honey (vegans use maple syrup or coconut nectar)
How To:
1. Add all the above ingredients to a blender and blend until well incorporated.
2. Fill your ice cream maker with the mixture (do not over fill) and churn until it starts to firm up and harden, and the ice cream maker starts to slow.
3. Transfer the ice cream to an air tight glass container and store in the freezer for at least 4 hours (I give mine a good 6 hours).
4. Remove 5 minutes before serving to allow ice cream to soften up a bit so it’s easier to scoop out.
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This looks delicious!
Your pics are beautiful and I can’t wait to try it! I love your ice cream recipes 🙂
-Cassidy
I loooove chocolate, but in the summer, I most definitely prefer lighter flavours and shy away from chocolate. So this seems brilliant! Must been good if you remembered it so many years later! Cheers for recreating it!!
oooh amber I am DEFINITELY going to have to give this a try! what a perfect recipe for summer!
Mahalo! I can’t wait to di into this tropical ice cream Amber!
Amber, this looks so refreshing on this hot-as-blazes day. I don’t think I’ve ever had a pineapple flavored ice cream, but you make it look and sound so good! I love that you recreated such a happy memory!
Wow Amber this looks incredible!!! So refreshing in this heat.
Hi, Amber my name is Mia and I am 10 years old and have a great family and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your recipes I started the SCD diet ( I also have sensitivities to lactose and eggs )around last thanksgiving because of horrible stomach pain that started with a virus that went through my town it turned my stomach upside down! I would – could not tolerate anything! I was out of school for 3 months with horrible pain, I love school, so I hated being gone, stuck at home only being able to watch tv and suffer my mom read Breaking The Vicious Cycle and said to me that I should try it, so I did and it worked! No more pain for me! It was great.. But being a 10 year old girl and dealing with it in school is hard… Knew recipes are hard to find. This website and it made my life a lot easier and tastier….that reminds me time for some fabulous tropical coconut ice cream that I made off of your website!
Thanks again,
Mia