Summer is fun, probably the best season of the year.  It’s warm enough to go outside, plants are in bloom, especially delicious food-bearing plants.  Summer is about picnics, and summer is about ice cream.  Specifically non-dairy coconut-peach ice cream.  And it just so happens that we have a recipe, as featured in the movie, for…

Non-Dairy Coconut-Peach Ice Cream

Yield:  3 1/2 cups

Soundtrack:  “Sweet Thing” by Chaka Khan & Rufus from Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan

• 3 cups coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
• 6 tablespoons agave nectar
• 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 cups diced fresh peaches

• In a small cup mix 1/4 cup of the coconut milk with the arrowroot to make a slurry.  In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the remaining coconut milk, agave nectar, and salt with the coconut milk slurry.  Warm until starting to thicken, 2 to 3 minutes.  

• Transfer to the refrigerator until completely cold.

• Pour cold mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze creamy, 25 to 30 minutes.  Add the peaches the last minute of freezing.  Transfer to an airtight container and place in a freezer until firm, about 2 hours.

Use locally grown peaches like these!