The Best Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients

for 1 pint

3 cups  cashews, ½ cup (65 g) if simply making sufficient for the ice cream (390 g)
¼ cup  water (60 mL)
1 ¼ cups  natural sugar (250 g)
4 tablespoons  cocoa butter
4 tablespoons  coconut oil
1 teaspoon  salt
1 cup  coconut milk (240 mL)
1 teaspoon  vanilla extract
1 vanilla bean

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

ice cream maker

Preparation

1. Place the cashews in a huge bowl. Add sufficient room-temperature water to cover the cashews. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and soak in a single day.
2. Place the bowl of an ice cream device within the freezer in a single day.
3. Add the cashews and soaking water to a blender. Blend, beginning on low velocity and growing to excessive until clean and frothy, about 40 seconds. Strain right into a huge bowl through a satisfactory-mesh sieve or cheesecloth.
4. Reserve 1 cup (240 ml) of cashew milk for the ice cream and store the relaxation inside the refrigerator for as much as per week for some other use.
5. In a small saucepan over medium warmness, combine the water and sugar and cook, stirring constantly, until the combination is apparent, about 2 mins. Whisk in the cocoa butter, coconut oil, and salt. Remove the pan from the warmth and set apart.
6. In a blender, integrate the cashew milk and coconut milk. Blend on low pace. With the blender strolling, pour inside the sugar mixture to emulsify. Continue until properly-mixed, about 2 mins.
7. Pour the combination right into a big metallic bowl and blend within the vanilla extract. Scrape in the seeds from the vanilla bean and whisk to mix.
8. Chill the base in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
9. Add the chilled base to the ice cream maker and churn for 1 hour, or as long as the system requires, till thick and creamy.
10. Transfer the ice cream to a loaf pan and freeze overnight.
11. Scoop and serve immediately.
12. Enjoy