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Making a vegan coconut-cream ice cream less "watery"/"icy"

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I want my vegan coconut-cream-based ice cream less "watery"/"icy".

Which "available-by-every-supermarket" ingredient can be used to thicken "coconut cream" which is still not thick enough, to make coconut cream ice cream? Perhaps some easy to find dietary fiber or natural creamer.


I have found that adding jaggery paste made of coconut sugar helps to give a more of a creamy texture but still I need some more creamness and not from sugars :)

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How do you feel about alcohol?

Adding alcohol (ethanol) will reduce the formation of ice crystals, and make the ice cream feel smoother and creamier.

As a bonus, there are a lot of flavors out there. I recommend Irish whiskey for chocolate or coffee flavored ice creams, for example.

Another useful ingredient, if they work for your flavor, is creamy peanut butter -- if you have a suitable blender, just toss peanuts into it and process until smooth. Mixed into your base, it will add protein chains that bind the fat together.

Finally, low-moisture tofu can work, and is flavor-neutral.

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deleted user wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago

wow, some great suggestions there, thanks. I personally avoid Alcohol in general but peanut butter and silky tofu are great for me. What do you think about Shea butter?

dsr‭ wrote over 3 years ago

I've never used shea butter; note that the key to alcohol, peanut butter and tofu is that they all contain something other than fat that either disrupts crystal formation or provides a structure to bind fat. If shea butter is just an alternative vegetable fat, it probably won't help.

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