Chilled Coconut Lemongrass Soup With Warm Pineapple Dumpling Food

COCONUT SOUP WITH CARAMELIZED LYCHEES AND MANGO TOFU

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, heat the coconut milk and sugar over medium-low heat until the mixture reaches 120 degrees F. Add the gelee, and stir to incorporate. Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl. Refrigerate until completely chilled. Do not serve until soup is very cold. Ladle soup into bowls and float the Caramelized Lychees and Mango Tofu in the soup.
• Peel and pit the lychees. Fill the hole where the pit was with Orange Marmalade and set aside.
• Make a simple syrup by combining the sugar and water in a heavy small saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat and cook just until all the sugar dissolves. Pour 1/3 of the syrup into a heavy large skillet and add the lychees to the skillet. Cook, over high heat, until the lychees are caramelized. Add the remaining syrup, stir carefully to combine, and remove from the heat. Just before serving, add 2 caramelized lychees to each bowl of soup.
• Combine all ingredients in a large heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat and until all the sugar has dissolved. Reduce the heat and simmer until thickened to the consistency of marmalade.
• In a heavy saucepan, heat about 1/3 of the mango puree until almost simmering. Dissolve the gelatin in the mango puree and stir to incorporate. Set aside.
• Whip the cream in a bowl of a mixer until soft peaks form, slowly adding the sugar in small quantities. Then fold in the mango puree and gelatin mixture. Fold in the remaining mango puree.
• Pour the mixture into a cold sheet pan. Place the pan in the freezer until firm enough to cut. Then cut into 1 1/4 by 1 1/4-inch pieces. Just before serving, float 1 or 2 pieces of Mango Tofu in the soup.

COCONUT-CHIA PUDDING BREAKFAST BOWL

Steps:

• Stir together the coconut milk, chia seeds and maple syrup in a cereal bowl. Refrigerate overnight, covered, to allow the seeds to plump and the mixture to thicken into a loose pudding.
• Uncover the pudding, and arrange the pineapples, kiwis, raspberries, almonds and coconut flakes in neat piles on top of the pudding. Then take a photo!

KIWI-GINGER ZINGER PROTEIN SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Blend the kiwi, ginger, coconut milk, hemp seeds, parsley and agave nectar and 1/2 cup ice in a blender on high speed until light and frothy, about 3 minutes. Pour into a tall glass and serve immediately.

CHILLED PEAR AND PINEAPPLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the pineapple and pear chunks. Puree until smooth and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Add the tea and wine and mix. Add honey and lemon juice a little bit at a time to taste. Chill until very cold. Serve in bowls or martini glasses, garnishing each bowl with 2 pineapple leaves, sticking up like rabbit ears.

CHILLED COCONUT-HONEYDEW SOUP

Steps:

• Combine honeydew melon, coconut milk, honey, lime juice, cinnamon, and ginger in a blender; blend until smooth. Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve chilled.

CHILLED COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• Pour the milk in to a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stir in the coconut, lower the heat and let simmer for 30 minutes.
• Spoon the mixture into a food processor and process until smooth. This may take a while--up to 5 minutes--so pause frequently and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Rinse the pan to remove any coconut that remains, pour in the processed mixture and add the coconut milk.
• Stir in the chicken stock (homemade if possible) cream, salt, pepper, and sugar.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally then lower the heat and cook for 10 minutes.
• Reserve a few cilantro leaves to garnish, then chop the rest finely and stir into the soup.
• Pour the soup into a large bowl, let it cool, then cover and put into the refrigerator until chilled.
• Just before serving taste the soup and adjust the seasoning as chilling will alter the taste.
• Serve in chilled bowls, garnished with cilantro leaves.