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Mango Ice Cream & Red Bean Popsicle

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Although it’s easy to just buy ice cream at a store, there’s something about it being homemade (or anything really) that makes it more special.

To decide on the flavors, I went for my ultimate childhood favorites: mango and munggo (red mung beans). These two flavors are the most popular ones in the Philippines, along with jackfruit, macapuno, ube, corn, and cheese (yes corn, yes cheese).

When the bloghop challenge this month was announced to be ice cream, I jumped on the chance to recreate my childhood favorites-vegan.

NOTES:

  • The mango ice cream recipe requires an ice cream maker, the red bean popsicle doesn’t.
  • I used coconut cream as the base instead of soy or almond, which resulted to a gelato like texture: creamy!

 

HOMEMADE VEGAN MANGO ICE CREAM

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cans of coconut cream
  • 3 tbsp vegan butter
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp arrowroot powder or kudzu powder,  mixed in 2 tbsp water
  • 1/2 cup agave syrup (and another 1/4 cup agave to mix with the mangoes)
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 2 cups frozen mango chunks (and another cup for garnish-optional), thawed

DIRECTIONS:

  1. In a medium pot, simmer the coconut cream over medium heat.
  2. Add the salt and and vegan butter.
  3. Add the arrowroot powder and stir until it’s well incorporated. Turn off the heat. Let it cool. After about 20 minutes, you could put it in the fridge to cool faster.
  4. In a separate pot, heat the agave and maple syrup. Reduce until it’s only 3/4 cup. Turn off the heat and let it cool. Like the coconut cream, after about 20 minutes, you could put the syrup in the fridge to cool faster.
  5. Use the other 1/4 cup agave to mix with the mango chunks. Grind the sweetened mangoes in a food processor (don’t pulse, you’d still want bits for some texture).
  6. Add the coconut cream to the food processor and continue to grind or chop. You should have a smooth, creamy texture.
  7. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and freeze for 2-3 hours.
  8. Put the mixture in an ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
  9. You’re done! You should end up with a gelato style homemade vegan mango ice cream!

If you don’t have the time or an ice cream maker, or if you want to try a new and exciting flavor like red beans, feel free to try this recipe:

HOMEMADE VEGAN RED BEAN POPSICLE

NO ICE CREAM MAKER NEEDED

INGREDIENTS:

  • Same ingredients as the mango ice cream except instead of mango chunks, you’ll be using sweetened red beans. You could get the red beans at any Asian or Filipino grocery stores.
  • Popsicle mold (available at any grocery stores especially this season)
red-beans

 

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Follow the directions above from steps 1-4.
  2. Put about a tbsp of red beans on each of the mold.
  3. Then pour the coconut cream to the mold.
  4. Freeze for at least 4 hours.
  5. Enjoy!

Ta-da!
red beans popsicle

This month is Ice Cream Blog hop month. Please join in on the #icecreamlove fun by linking up any ice cream/frozen treats recipe from the month of June OR July 2012. Don’t forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #icecreamlove event! The twitter hashtag is #icecreamlove :).

 

The blog hop is being co-hosted by

AstigVegan – Richgail – @AstigVegan | Baker Street  – Anuradha – @bakerstreet29 | Baking and Cooking, A Tale of Two Loves – Becky Higgins | BigFatBaker –  Erin Meyer – @bigfatbaker | Bon à croquer – Valerie – @Valouth | Cakeballs, cookies and more – Sue Alexander | Cheap Ethnic Eatz –  Evelyne cethniceatz | Georgiecakes –  Georgie Kubarych – @GeorgieCakes | Hobby And More –  Richa -@betit19 |
Mis Pensamientos – Junia – @juniakk | No One Likes Crumbley Cookies  – T.R. – @TRCrumbley | Pippi’s In The Kitchen Again  Sheila – Lais – @shlylais | Queen’s Notebook –  Elizabeth Besa Quirino – @Mango_Queen | Rico sin Azúcar –  @ricosinazucar |Simply Reem –  Reem Simplyreem | Soni’s Food for Thought –  Soni – @sonisfood | That Skinny Chick Can Bake!!! – Liz – @thatskinnychick |The Spicy RD – EA Stewart – @thespicyrd | Vegetarian Mamma – Cindy – @vegetarianmamma | You Made That?  – Suzanne – @Youmadethatblog

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Comments

  1. Soni says

    Wow, two delicious recipes!!Both look so so good!I love mango with coconut milk and that bean popsicle,I can only imagine how delicious that must be :)Happy #icecreamlove 🙂

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Thanks! The bean popsicle doesnt require an ice cream maker. Feel free to try 🙂

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Salamat! I thought of u when I was making the mango ice cream Ms. Mango queen!

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Tnx! Ya, the recipes were products of the many ideas, recipes, and inspirations floating in the blogosphere world. I cant wait to see your version!

  6. keepinitkind says

    You’re making me regret selling my ice cream maker! That ice cream looks too good! And those popsicles! They look rather healthy, in a super-delicious way- that means I can eat a few for dinner, right? 😉

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Definitely! No cholesterol! Still fatty tho from the coconut cream, but good fats 🙂 The popsicle doesnt require an ice cream maker and u can sub d red beans to whatever flavor or fruit u like 🙂

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Thanks Cindy! Yup, it was super easy to make, time consuming but didn’t take rocket science. Happy bloghop!

  10. Becky says

    Your Mango ice cream looks and sounds divine. We love mango in anything, so will have to ry soon. Sending lots of #icecreamlove your way!.

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Thanks Becky! Yeah mangoes are the best especially this season. Happy bloghop to you!

  11. Reem | Simply Reem says

    Wow those red beans popsicles looks so so interesting and delicious… I need to try them soon.
    Mango Ice Cream with coconut milk YUM!!!!
    Sending you lots of icecreamlove..

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Yes, pls do try the red bean popsicle, they were yummy. Thanks for dropping by. Happy bloghop!

    • Richgail Enriquez says

      Thanks Susan! The red bean popsicle idea has been a tradition in the Philippines 🙂

      • T.J. Basa says

        RG thanks for the ice mongo recipe! You brought back childhood memories. 🙂

  14. Richgail Enriquez says

    Thanks Teej, we should make em one of these days-along with shaved melon!