This is classic rich coconut ice-cream, served in a Thai style. Thai ice-cream isn’t really iced cream, it’s often made from non dairy products. This recipe contains taro, a root vegetable whose starchiness gives the ice-cream a soft smooth texture. You can also use sweet potato if you cannot obtain taro.
This recipe is much easier if you have a hand blender, during the preparation you will need to blend the ice-cream repeatedly as it freezes, this is done to break up the ice crystals that form. It is much easier to do that with a handheld blender or egg beater. Finally, the decoration is made from a gummy coloured mixture of cooked sticky rice flour, this is also very typical Thai, but you can use whatever toppings you like, although not strictly Thai, rum soaked raisins are popular in my house among the adults.

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The ginger in this ice cream recipe creates a nice bite that contrasts well with the sweetness of the lychees. I sometime double up the ginger if the ice cream is going to be used to mild fruit, for example if you serve it with baked pears, then you can double up the ginger to add a bigger bite.

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I-Tim Sundae : Thai Ice Cream Sundae

This is an ice-cream bread sandwich in the style I would eat as a child. In Thailand bread (Kanom Pan) isn’t a staple eaten with the main course, more commonly it is sweet and eaten as a treat or a dessert. The bread in this sandwich should be the sweetest brioche style bread you can find, if you can’t find sweet bread, use scones instead. Try making the Thai coconut ice-cream from the recipe on this site for a more authentic result

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