Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream

Name: Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 4 oz coconut cream; 4 oz dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into squares; 2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks; ½ cup superfine sugar; powdered sugar; dried strawberry pieces; 3 tablespoons Jamaica rum; 1¼ cups heavy cream; 1¼ cup light cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

This is not quite an East meets East dessert but I just had to sneak it into the book because it’s one of my favorites. This is really satisfying with a hint of Jamaica rum (so perhaps it’s a case of East Indies meet West Indies?) topped off with pieces of dried strawberry. It makes a great finale to a meal.

Ingredients

2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
½ cup superfine sugar

Asia
Americas
China
Jamaica
Dessert
Gluten-free
ice cream
Vegetarian
Caribbean

Method

Put the eggs, yolks and superfine sugar into a heatproof bowl and beat until blended.
Put the light cream, chocolate and coconut cream in a small pan over medium heat until the chocolate melts.
Pour the coconut and chocolate mixture onto the egg mixture and set the bowl over a pan of boiling water. Heat for 2 minutes and gently stir the mixture then r