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Non-Churn Vegan Mango Black 'n' Blue Berry Ice Cream, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Gluten-Free

Well, it is hot summer and my grandies are coming to stay for a while!!  Is there any better excuse to make ice cream?

 I will make a lot of ice cream.  It will be vegan (no dairy, no eggs, no other animal products- ha) and gluten-free.  It will contain something out of our garden.  It will be sweet but low on common sugars, sugar-less if possible.  It will be relatively low-fat meaning that I won't be using nut purees as the primary base and will likely opt out of using full-fat coconut milk, yummy as it is.  Most of all, it must be creamy and absolutely delicious.... here is the first attempt at the above.

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 C. Almond or other non-Dairy Milk
2 1/2 C. Frozen Mango Chunks (I buy the organic brand at Costco)
1 T. Arrowroot Powder (or Tapioca Starch or Oat Starch)
1 T. Vanilla (in Alcohol)
2 T. Maple Syrup
1 very ripe avocado
Berry syrup or Jam, your choice (I used blackberry jam made with stevia)

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients EXCEPT THE JAM/SYRUP in your blender carafe.  I use a Vitamix, but if you have a less powerful blender, do in smaller batches.
  2. Blend until smooth and creamy
  3. Pour into muffin tins-- either 6 or 12.  I used a silicon muffin pan with extra-large cups and only filled up 6.  Silicon is great because after freezing the ice cream just pops out.  But with the metal tins you just have to sit them in some warm water in your sink for a few minutes for them to pop out as well!
  4. Freeze the Blend for about 3+ hours or overnight.  Needs to be firm.
  5. Use about 2/3 of the muffin-cup-blender pucks first, just mushing them and mashing them in the blender until they transform into an ice cream-textured mass.... and they WILL.  Don't overblend them into a smoothie (although, you might well enjoy that as well)
  6. Pour into a pan (with a lid) and smooth out
  7. Step 2: Blend the remaining pucks with about 1/2 to 1 C. of Berry syrup or Jam, with the same consistency as the ice cream blend above (#5)
  8. Spread the Berry Blend over the Mango blend and put lid on pan and refrigerate again for an hour+

Enjoy as you would any ordinary tasty frozen treat... I'm guessing my grandies will want ice cream cones, so that is why we tried ours out on.  It also makes a yummy pancake dressing.

Below is a video showing our great and prolific thornless blackberry bush. If you want one just like it, prolific and delicious (and NO thorns), you could probably find one in a nursery nearby or through *Etsy. *affiliate.  It is a wonderful berry to grow-- prolific, hardy, and with a lot of built-in resistance to disease and insects. And highly nutritious with its antioxidants and other important phytochemicals. 


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