Chocolate Coconut Sherbet Recipe
From:
Room for Dessert
, by
David Lebovitz
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Makes:
About 1 quart
This is a good nondairy dessert with a nice creamy texture. The first time I made this at [the now-defunct San Francisco restaurant] Monsoon, I watched a hostess’s eyes light up as she tasted a spoonful and blurted out with abandon, “This is better than a Mounds bar!” I consider that a compliment.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 2 cups canned Thai coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the water and sugar until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Coarsely chop the chocolate, add it to the syrup, and whisk until the chocolate has completely melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the coconut milk and rum.
- Chill thoroughly, then freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Serving Suggestion: This sherbet is an excellent accompaniment to a varied assortment of homemade cookies.
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That sounds awesome. Someone get me an ice cream maker STAT.
Has anybody tried this with Lite Coconut Milk (from Trader Joe's)?
It is not misleading in the least. Chocolate that is Kosher and Pareve has not dairy in it of consequence for kosher purposes.
The only minor iss is one of production. There is a remote possibity of cross contamination from a run which would have dairy, hence the disclaimers seen on some chocolate.
But as noted above in several posts, there are chocolate made in a strict dairy free facility.
This is so delicious!!
For 100% guaranteed dairy-free chocolate, look for Tropical Source brand; they make their chocolate in a dedicated dairy-free facility (http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/nc...).
Or get some beans and make your own . . .
I'll be trying this recipe soon--yum!
mounds were always my favorite, so i can't wait to try this.
re dairy: i just checked a few labels from my collection of bittersweet chocolates (lindt 85%; trader joe's pound plus 72% and ghiradelli 72%) none lists milk or milk fat among the ingredients, but all note some variation on "made on equipment share with wheat, milk, egg, peanuts and tree nuts").
You can also search for kosher pareve bittersweet chocolate, which has no milk in it.
There are many vegan chocolates, they even make rice-milk chocolate now.
Here is a site with a listing of organic/fair trade/vegan chocolate for sale, the store is located in Missouri, USA: http://www.iluvchocolate.com/store/ca...
I'm sure a vegan bittersweet chocolate can be obtained. I say this as a former vegan.
That sounds awesome but the title is slightly misleading. As someone with an extremely serious case of lactose intollerance, CHOCOLATE is not lactose free or dairy free. Even bittersweet chocolate (though it has less milk) has milk in it because milk is an ingredient in making chocolate as we know it. If you use just coco (as a lot of soy ice cream and rice ice cream companies do), THEN it's dairy free. Just wanted people with as serious of a problem, or worse, and allergy, to know.