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Home » Review » Froothie » Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream

Published on September 27, 2014 by Elizabeth 41 Comments
Last Updated on January 28, 2019

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A vegan, all natural, refined sugar free frozen dessert.
Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice

My ice cream machine died last year. It was a gruesome, horrible death with a cracked bowl and bright blue coolant oozing all over the contents of my freezer.

This was the second time this happened (same model) and I haven’t replaced it yet. I’ve had to be a bit more creative with my ice cream recipes ever since – making no churn varieties this summer such as vegan blackcurrant ripple ice cream and home made FAB ice lollies.

Then I got my super duper high powered Froothie Optimum 9400 blender and it claimed that it could “heat soups and freeze ice cream quicker than any other blender”. Yay, thought I, and I went looking for blender ice cream recipes.

I couldn’t find any! Well, none that didn’t include a silly quantity of sweetened condensed milk, or double cream, or a truck load of refined sugar.

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice

So I made one.

Not that I have anything against sweetened condensed milk, double cream or a truck load of sugar – it’s just my blender is like a sacred temple. I’ve had it for some weeks now and I haven’t made anything non-vegan in it yet. It just seems wrong, the idea of putting anything non plant based in my lovely new blender.

The Optimum 9400 blender by Froothie can blend paving stones. Honestly – there’s a video of it here. So based on this the first time I made this vegan strawberry vanilla bean coconut ice I plonked all the frozen vanilla-infused coconut milk in the blender along with all the whole frozen Scottish strawberries and the maple syrup.

And I blended.

Word of advice – don’t do that.

Things were going well for a few minutes until all of a sudden the machine stopped working. Just… nothing… nothing but a beep and the disturbing scent of hot.

With a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach I was convinced I’d broken my brand new Froothie Optimum 9400 a matter of weeks after getting it.

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice

Patiently Anxiously I waited fretted and about five minutes later I thought I’d try the blender again – and it worked! I’d just over heated it, tripping the fail-safe shut down switch (how awesome is that – the Optimum 9400’s motor has an overload protection fault switch, ensuring that the motor is protected against overload damage!)  Using short bursts of blending and using the tamper tool I finished making the frozen treat.

It was devoured, entirely, within minutes. My children had friends visiting and between us and them the entire jug was emptied in moments, with some of the children asking for thirds.

My husband declared that this was the best ice cream I have ever, ever made.

So I wanted to share the recipe with you all, but with a revised method, so you too don’t over heat your blender!

This vegan strawberry vanilla bean coconut ice is not quite an ice cream – it doesn’t have the fatty creaminess of an ice cream, but it’s creamier than a sorbet. It’s sort of half way between the two – refreshing, delicately flavoured and ideal for those hot summer days (ok, not so much the end of September in the UK – but still!).

Vegan Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice

Strawberry Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice

An all natural, refined sugar free, vegan strawberry coconut ice dessert.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 6 people
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 1 vanilla pod seeds only
  • 350 grams strawberries
  • 50 ml maple syrup* I used a maple/carob blend

Instructions

  • Pour 200 ml of the coconut milk into a shallow ice cube tray and place in the freezer for a few hours until solid.
  • Meanwhile, scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pod and stir them into the remaining 200 ml coconut milk. Cover and chill in the refrigerator until needed.
  • Wash and hull the strawberries. Cut them into quarters and freeze until solid.
  • Place the frozen coconut milk, vanilla-infused coconut milk and maple syrup into a high powered blender jug. Blend in 20 second increments, starting on low and then switching up to 8 using the tamper to scrape down the side.
  • When it starts to form a thick ice add the chopped, frozen strawberries and continue to blend, using the tamper to keep everything moving. You will need to switch the machine off occasionally and use a plastic spatula to stir the mixture.
  • When the mixture is smooth and creamy with no chunks remaining serve immediately as a soft serve ice, or transfer to a freezer-proof container to freeze for a few more hours for a harder ice.
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Linking up with the Bloggers Scream for Ice Cream challenge by Kavey at Kavey Eats.

Have a look at the music video my husband over at Audioboy Productions and I made with our blender. All the sounds in this video were obtained from the blender itself and manipulated to make the sound track. We hope you enjoy it!

You can read our full Optimum 9400 review here. Visit the official  Optimum 9400 website here.

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Filed Under: All Manner of Sweet Things, Froothie, Ice Cream, Recipe, Vegan Tagged With: Coconut Milk, Froothie Optimum 9400, Vegan

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Comments

  1. Narinder@naturals ice cream online order says

    December 20, 2016 at 12:26 pm

    Hey, ELIZABETH it’s really so yummy I love vanilla coconut ice cream it’s really my favorite

    Reply
  2. Penny H says

    August 11, 2015 at 11:16 am

    I am going to try this in my Froothie, it sounds delicious!

    Reply
  3. Natally says

    May 24, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    fab now the nicer weather is coming

    Reply
  4. Ursula Hunt says

    April 16, 2015 at 10:42 am

    This will be delicious!

    Reply
  5. Clare says

    March 20, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    Love your recipe. Will try that soon. I read many recipes online and videos too when I first got my OpTim um 9400 but our favourite ice cream recipe is one I came up with while testing different flavours. It’s coffee walnut ice cream. I use 1 handful of raw cashews , a frozen chopped up banana, 5 medjool dates, 2 heaped tsp coffee granules, handful of walnuts and ice (1 tray of my size large cubes). Blitz using tamper to push ice cubes down into mix and all done in under a minute. No added fats or dairy or refined sugars so great for us vegans. Thought you might like to give it a go. Thanks again for your recipe.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      March 20, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Ooh that sounds absolutely fantastic! I will definitely be giving this a go – thank you for sharing 🙂

      Reply
  6. Louise McNicol says

    November 23, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    This looks amazing, I haven’t seen anything like this before. x

    Reply
  7. Pam Francis Gregory says

    November 11, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    Strawberry & coconut are favourites – to have them together in an ice cream would be divine!

    Reply
  8. DANIELLE VEDMORE says

    October 27, 2014 at 11:21 pm

    I love the colour! Something similar happened to me the other week – went to make a smoothie but the blender wouldnt work – convinced it was broken I put it in the wheelie bin outside. Turned out it was the socket and not the blender. Thank God the bin men hadnt arrived yet!

    Reply
  9. Farhana says

    October 26, 2014 at 7:46 am

    They look veryyyy nice

    Reply
  10. tracy nixon says

    October 18, 2014 at 7:00 am

    Oh love the colour and they sound fab!

    Reply
  11. Sam Williams says

    October 17, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    This sounds delicious!

    Reply
  12. Heather Haigh says

    October 17, 2014 at 11:00 am

    This sounds lovely. I treated myself to the coconut milk ice-cream book (I’m dairy and soya intolerant) and I keep meaning to have a go but I’m not an ice-cream in cold weather gal. I’ve a horrid feeling my ice-cream maker is also on it’s last legs, it was getting quite temperamental last time I used it. Very envious of your super blender – I’m about half way saved up for one. I will come back and find this again for sure. 🙂

    Reply
  13. Dawn F says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    Oh my gosh, I want some of this right now! :O

    Reply
  14. Jenny says

    October 1, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    WOW this sounds and looks absolutely delicious. Love all the food styling too. Looks fastastic! Love the flavor combo. I definitely will have to try this one out! #recipeoftheweek

    Reply
  15. Galina V says

    September 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    What a gorgeous stylish dessert, very Downton Abbey-esque. Imagine it is as delicious as it is good-looking

    Reply
  16. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

    September 29, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    WOW. This looks absolutely stunning! I’ve never made ice cream but you’re definitely tempting me with this one 🙂

    Reply
  17. Kate @ Veggie Desserts says

    September 28, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    This sounds so great. Healthy and full of goodness. I’m glad to learn about the overheat switch – I love my Froothie as well.

    Reply
  18. Paul Wilson says

    September 28, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    Looks great – healthier than ice cream too.

    Reply
  19. What Kate Baked says

    September 28, 2014 at 3:12 pm

    This is perfect for the late burst of summer sunshine we’re having, what a lovely recipe!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 5:08 pm

      Where is this summer you speak of?! I was kept awake the other night with howling gales. I woke up thinking the walls were coming down! 😀 You lucky south folk you!

      Reply
  20. Camilla @FabFood4All says

    September 28, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    Wow, that was some scare you had there but luckily it all worked out in the end. Your ice cream pics look so pretty and I bet it tasted fabulous too:-) Thanks for linking to my Strawberry Vanilla Ice:-)

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm

      It really was! I almost cried! Thank you for your lovely comment, and yes, it does taste fabulous 😀

      Reply
  21. Kate - gluten free alchemist says

    September 28, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    OOOooooo…… Scary moment there!!!! Thank goodness for the safety mechanism…… How great is that?! The ice cream looks delicious…. Lovely photos (especially the one in the tin) and beautiful colour. How did you manage to get it to stay looking so perfectly scooped and frozen whilst you took the pics?

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm

      It really was scary (I nearly cried!). Still, I suppose it’s good that bloggers discover these things and can reassure folks! As for perfectly scooped… well, you’ll notice in the top photo the ice in the bottom is somewhat melted? My first set up melted on me without a satisfactory photo so I plonked another on top – it was just at the right scoopable consistency – and I got that photo! 🙂 You’d never be able to serve this on an ice cream cone though.

      Reply
  22. Nazima says

    September 28, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    gorgeous colour. Lovely being able to make this so quickly with the Optimum blender. yum (oh and thank you for linking to me!) x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 5:05 pm

      It is a really lovely soft pink colour. So natural 🙂 Yes, it is nice being able to make it so quickly – the most time consuming part is waiting for the coconut milk/strawberry to freeze!

      Reply
  23. sustainablemum says

    September 28, 2014 at 9:18 am

    You are making me want to buy one of those machines with all these tempting recipes. I don’t suppose there is any other way of making this?

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 5:01 pm

      I’ve never tried any other way. I developed this recipe specifically to be used with a high power blender. I wonder though… heating the coconut milk up and thickening it with arrowroot powder might work, then churning it in a food processor until frozen (unless you have an ice cream machine?). Ice cream is tricky to make without a machine, especially vegan ones.

      Reply
  24. Sally - My Custard Pie says

    September 28, 2014 at 5:08 am

    That video is amazing … and made me want to drink a green smoothie (quite a feat). I’m not an ice cream fan but these flavours sound beautiful together.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 4:59 pm

      Thanks Sally – we are rather pleased with ourselves with how well it turned out. It’s nice when something you can envision in your head comes to fruition 🙂

      Reply
  25. Elizabeth Charlesworth says

    September 28, 2014 at 2:00 am

    First time I’ve seen ‘coconut ice’ used to describe an actual coconut milk ice cream, not the pink and white sweet they sell by the slab at fairgrounds or the seaside.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 4:54 pm

      I did think of that when I named it, but I couldn’t decide what else to call it. It’s not ice cream because it doesn’t contain cream (and it’s not creamy) nor is it a sorbet as it contains coconut milk. It’s a coconut ice 😀

      Reply
  26. ninjacat says

    September 27, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    This sounds divine ~ you are indeed my foodie saviour x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm

      Aww thanks! 😀

      Reply
  27. Stuart Vettese says

    September 27, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    Is there anything the Froothie cannot do?! Your ice looks very nice 🙂

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 28, 2014 at 8:58 am

      I know! It’s a pretty impressive machine, isn’t it!

      Reply
  28. Emma says

    September 27, 2014 at 11:46 am

    OMG this look amazing! I know a few people who would appreciate this ( I do too but not a vegan!) The pictures are beautiful as well. Xx

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 27, 2014 at 12:25 pm

      Thank you Emma 🙂 I like how the photos have turned out almost like paintings. Very old fashioned 🙂

      Reply
  29. agatapokutycka says

    September 27, 2014 at 11:33 am

    Oh please, can I have some!
    They look amazing!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      September 27, 2014 at 12:25 pm

      Heehee – thank you! 🙂

      Reply

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