Coconut Parfaits Food

COCONUT PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine water and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool for 10 minutes. Stir in coconut and vanilla. Cool to room temperature. , In a small bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form; fold into coconut mixture. Pour into dishes. Freeze 1 hour or overnight. Just before serving, sprinkle with almonds and coconut.

COCONUT CREAM AND CHOCOLATE RICE CAKE PARFAIT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 1/3 hotel pan that is 2 1/2-inches deep, about 3 quarts in size, with the room temperature butter. Set aside.
• Add the rice flour to a medium bowl and whisk in the liquid egg substitute until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
• Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and set aside. Place the oat milk in a saucepan with the cinnamon sticks and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, pour over the chocolate and cover with a plate, pot lid or whatever will cover the top of the bowl. After at least 5 minutes, remove the cinnamon sticks and whisk the chocolate until smooth. Add the chocolate ganache to the rice flour mixture and carefully stir to combine. Pour into the greased pan and put into the oven. Bake until evenly browned, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a wire rack lined sheet tray and let cool completely at room temperature.
• Remove the top cream from the coconut cans and discard or reserve for another use. Pour the rest of the coconut can contents into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Whisk until thickened and holds stiff peaks. Set aside and save in the refrigerator until the cake is completely cooled.
• Make the parfaits in rocks glasses. Cut out small circles of the cake to fit them - 2 to 3 inches in size. Place a piece of cake on the bottom, top with the coconut whipped cream and repeat until you end with the dollop of cream on top. Dust cocoa powder on top for garnish and serve.

TROPICAL LIME PARFAITS

Steps:

• For the crumb: Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter, coconut chips and lime zest in a bowl. Mix to combine.
• For the filling: Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, heavy cream, powdered sugar, coconut extract and lime zest and juice in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Begin by layering 1/4 cup of the crumb in the bottom of each of 4 parfait glasses. Top each with 1/3 cup of the filling. Repeat the layers once more, then garnish with extra toasted coconut and lime zest.

COCONUT CRUNCH PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• Coconut Crunch: Combine flour and brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add coconut. Rub mixture until no lumps of margarine remain. Turn into ungreased 9x9 pan.
• Bake at 400ºF for about 20 minutes, stirring with fork every 5 minutes, until golden. Stir to break up large clumps. Cool. Makes 1 1/3 cups crunch.
• Coconut Custard: Microwave milk (and honey, if using) in glass bowl for 3 minutes, or until very hot but not boiling.
• Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar (if using) and salt in small bowl. Gradually stir in half-and-half (or blend) until smooth. Slowly stir into milk. Microwave until boiling and thickened (about 4-5 minutes) stirring at least every minute.
• Combine some of milk mixture with egg yolks. Mix well. Stir into milk mixture. Cook 1-2 minutes more until thickened.
• Stir in margarine, coconut and flavouring. Cover with plastic wrap directly on surface to prevent skin forming. Cool. Makes 2 1/3 cups custard.
• Layer custard and crunch several times in parfait glasses, ending with crunch.

COCONUT MANDARIN PARFAITS

Steps:

• Pour milk into medium bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 min or until well blended.
• Spoon half of the pudding evenly into 4 dessert glasses, and drop a few mandarin orange slices into the pudding.
• Let pudding set for 5-10 minutes.
• Cover with few mandarin slices, touching the edge of glass.
• Top orange slices with a spoonful of sheredded coconut, rest of pudding, then the rest of coconut.
• There is no set amount for each serving, just divide the layers evenly for four servings. You can also get creative with your ingredients -- like substituting bananas for the oranges. I think two average-sized bananas would work.