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Banana-Coconut Ice Cream
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 0 Minutes
Servings: 2
Use very ripe bananas for the richest flavor.
Ingredients:
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
1 cup sugar
6 egg yolks
4 cups milk
2 cups half-and-half
1 (15-ounce) can cream of coconut
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 ripe bananas, mashed
garnish: toasted sweetened flaked coconut
Directions:
1. Bake coconut in a shallow pan at 350°, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until toasted.
2. Whisk together sugar, egg yolks, and milk in a heavy saucepan over medium heat; cook, whisking constantly, 20 minutes or until mixture thickens and will coat a spoon (do not boil).
3. Remove from heat; whisk in toasted coconut, half-and-half, cream of coconut, and vanilla. Fold in banana. Cover and chill 3 hours.
4. Pour mixture into freezer container of a 1-gallon hand-turned or electric ice-cream freezer. Freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
5. Pack freezer with additional ice and rock salt, and let stand 1 hour before serving. Garnish, if desired.
6. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut.
By RecipeOfHealth.com