Easy pistachio ice cream made with coconut milk and sweetened with honey
Toast pistachios in frying pan over medium-low heat for 5 - 7 minutes until lightly browned and fragrant
Reserve ¼ cup nuts for topping
Place the rest of the toasted nuts in a food processor
Process for a minute or two until the nuts are ground, be sure not to let them turn into butter
Add the salt and 1 can of the coocnut milk to the ground nuts
Process for one to two minutes
Set mixture aside while you make the condensed coconut milk
Add the other can of coconut milk to a medium saucepan
Add the half cup of honey
Heat over medium-low heat, stirring to mix the honey as it melts
Continue to simmer over medium-low heat for 20 - 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture starts to thicken as is reduced by almost half
Remove from heat and allow to cool for ten minuts
Whisk vanilla into the condensed coconut milk
Add condesned conconut milk to mixing bowl
You can strain the pistachio coconut milk mixture if you want the ice cream to be more smooth, I left the peices in
Whisk your pistachio mixture into the condensed milk until well combined
For Ninja Creami - pour into pint jar - (1½ for regular, and 1 for deluxe)
Freeze for 24 hours
Remove jar from freezer and allow it to sit on counter for 10 - 15 minutes
Spin on Lite Ice Cream setting
If not using Nijnja Creami, be sure mixture is cooled completely and then feeze in regular ice cream maker per manufacturer instructions
Chop the reserved toasted pistachios and sprinkle on top of ice cream when serving