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Dairy-free cherry cheesecake ice cream in the WFLI Photo House kitchen

Dairy-Free Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream for Full GAPS

Tart dairy-free cherry cheesecake ice cream with soaked cashews, cooked lime-honey yolk custard, and thick homemade coconut cream.
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Soaking and chilling 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 33 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, GAPS

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup fresh whole cashews sold as raw
  • 1/2 teaspoon natural sea salt for soaking the cashews
  • 32 sweet black cherries pitted and halved; reserve 8 whole cherries for blending
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup raw honey
  • 6 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 1/4 cups homemade fresh-coconut cream thick and well chilled
  • 1 teaspoon homemade vanilla extract no added sugar
  • 1-2 tablespoons filtered water only if needed for blending

Equipment

  • Freezer-insert ice cream maker
  • Cherry pitter and paring knife
  • Small Le Creuset stainless-steel saucepan
  • Instant-read kitchen thermometer
  • Glass or stainless-steel chilling bowl
  • Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System BN801 blender
  • Flexible silicone spatula
  • Shallow covered freezer container

Method
 

  1. Freeze the clean ice cream maker insert for at least 7 hours, until completely solid with no liquid sloshing inside.
  2. Measure the thick homemade coconut cream and refrigerate it until thoroughly cold.
  3. Cover the cashews with filtered water, stir in the sea salt, and soak for 1 to 3 hours and no longer than 6. Drain completely and refrigerate.
  4. Pit all 32 cherries and cut them in half. Reserve 16 halves, equal to 8 whole cherries, for the cashew blend.
  5. Put the egg yolks, honey, and lime juice in a small stainless-steel saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat while stirring constantly. Remove immediately at exactly 170°F; the custard should be glossy and lightly coat the spoon without scrambled bits.
    Lime, raw honey, and egg-yolk custard at 170 degrees in a Le Creuset stainless-steel saucepan for cherry cheesecake ice cream
  6. Transfer the custard to a glass or stainless-steel bowl. Freeze and stir every 10 minutes until completely cold but not frozen solid.
  7. Blend the drained chilled cashews with the reserved 8 cherries until completely smooth and pale pink. Scrape down as needed. Add filtered water one tablespoon at a time only if the blades cannot pull the mixture down, using no more than 2 tablespoons.
    Smooth pale-pink cherry cashew cream coating the exact Ninja BN801 pitcher and used blades
  8. Combine the cold custard, chilled coconut cream, remaining cherry halves, vanilla, and smooth cherry cashew cream. The base should be pale pink, thick, and slow-pouring.
  9. Pour into the frozen ice cream maker and churn until the paddle leaves defined tracks and the ice cream holds a soft mound. Serve soft or freeze in a covered container for firmer scoops.

Notes

Full GAPS: Use after properly prepared nuts, fruit, and occasional homemade desserts are introduced and tolerated.
Cashews: Soak for 1 to 3 hours and never longer than 6 hours.
Coconut cream: Use thick homemade fresh-coconut cream, not a canned product or sweetened cream of coconut.
Yield: Eight servings.
Scaling: The 2x card doubles every numeric ingredient, but most one-quart machines require two separately churned batches.

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