Dreamy Dark Chocolate and Pecan Nut Ice Cream

Name: Dreamy Dark Chocolate and Pecan Nut Ice Cream
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 8–10
Ingredients: 1 × 400 ml can coconut milk; 1 tsp vanilla paste or extract; 1 tsp instant espresso powder (optional); 1 × 400 ml can coconut cream; 2 bananas, roughly chopped; ¼ cup honey (or rice malt syrup or a few drops of stevia liquid); ½ cup roasted pecan nuts, roughly chopped (optional); ¼ cup coconut oil; ⅓ cup raw cacao powder

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Wholesome

By Sarah Graham

Published 2017

About

This is pretty much everything you’d hope it would be. Creamy, richly dark and beautifully smooth.

Ingredients

What you’ll Need

1 × 400 ml can coconut milk
1 × 400 ml can coconut cream
¼

Dessert
ice cream
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

What to do

While you prepare the chocolate base, place the coconut milk and coconut cream into the freezer to chill – this will help to speed up the overall process.
Heat the honey, coconut oil, cacao powder and espresso powder together in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-low heat until smooth and silky. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to roo