Tag: coconut

11Aug

Coconut and tapioca ice-lollies

Many recipes are brought to life due to nostalgia. Who here has never felt the urge to cook something that took you back in time? Whether it was a food from your childhood or even a dish that you tried in a restaurant a couple of weeks ago I am sure many of us have tried to see if the result will match up to the memory. When summer arrives my husband and I can’t get enough ice cream and recently I have found quite a few ice cream shops that have dairy free flavours, but two years ago that was not an easy thing to find. It was either lemon or strawberry and that was that. I almost stopped going to ice cream shops it was getting so boring. And then we got an ice cream machine as a wedding present and our lives were revolutionised. Ok maybe I am being a bit dramatic. I started to make our own dairy free ice creams, experimenting with new flavours and it turned into a serious addiction. Problem is the machine has to live in the fridge for 12 hours before being used and our freezer is teeny tiny, so this
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27Jun

Batida de coco

I feel that not a lot beats watching football with a great little snack by your side. However a special drink makes all the difference, it helps the most tense of hearts to relax which is no easy feat during the World Cup, these matches are tense! So this week our World Cup recipe is one that is very popular in Brazil, but not as well known abroad: Batida de coco, or coconut smoothie. Don’t know if smoothie is the right word as it contains a little booze, batida would be translated as beat or blitzed. I am pretty sure you’ve all heard that Brazil has some spectacular natural treasures, and when it comes to fruit there are just too many to name it, good news is I start to see them more and more in exotic fruit markets, and that is the case with the main ingredient today: fresh coconut. In the last few years fresh coconut, together with its water, has become the new super food for celebrities, but before that many only ever heard of shredded coconut and coconut milk. So if you ever walk by a market with exotic fruits try drinking the water from the
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25Mar

Sweetcorn and coconut cake

I worked in a cafe for four months and I was in charge of cakes. The recipe below was one of the most popular at the cafe, never failing to get positive feedback from customers. It is stupidly easy to make, if you have all the ingredients ready it takes five minutes to get the cake batter ready. Funny thing is I never thought such a traditional Brazilian recipe could be such a success with Europeans, so let’s see what you guys think. And if you want to make a lactose free version you can substitute the milk for coconut milk, soy or almond. It is also gluten free! The measure you use throughout this recipe is the tin the sweetcorn came in, so don’t bin it! Sweetcorn and coconut cake 3 eggs 1 tin of sweetcorn ¾ tin sugar 1 tin of cornmeal or polenta ¼ tin of oil 1 ½ tbsp baking powder 1 tin milk ½ tin desiccated coconut (if you can use fresh grated coconut even better) 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 2. Drain the sweetcorn and with exception of the coconut, add all ingredients into a blender and mix well. 3. Add the
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