How to Make Coconut Pudding
A creamy, banana cream pudding perfect on its own or layered into a pudding parfait.
Ingredients
- 2 bananas medium, ripe
- 1/2 cup coconut milk full fat
- 1/2 cup coconut milk light
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 Tbsp gelatin
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Place bananas, full fat coconut milk, sea salt, egg yolk and vanilla extract in a large bowl, and blend together with a Smart Stick immersion blender (or a hand-held blender on low).
- Heat the coconut milk light on the stove in a medium saucepan (on medium-low heat, and don’t allow it to bubble).
- Once heated, add the coconut milk light to your bowl (so you now have the entire milk mixture together), and stir in the gelatin by hand with a whip or spoon, making sure there are no gelatin clumps.
- Place entire mixture in the fridge for about 4 hours to cool and “gel” together.
- Serve with a non-dairy whip cream, sprinkle some shredded coconut/banana slices on top (or other fresh fruit), and/or layer with crushed grahams/crushed banana chips.
Notes
- This recipe uses the Perfect Supplements Gelatin. Use code GUTSY10 at checkout to save 10%.
- For best results on your preferred texture, choose 1 Tablespoon gelatin if you want thin (almost runny) pudding; use 2 Tablespoons if you want a firm pudding.
- If you need eggless puddings, then you can with this recipe. Simply just leave out the egg yolk. The egg yolk is there to give it that velvety texture + act as another thickening agent. Besides, egg yolks are full of healthy fats.
- If you use a firm banana vs. ripened, it can turn into a low-FODMAP option as well. However, doing so will take away the extra creaminess.
- The next time you make it, consider adding a Tablespoon of cocoa powder for a chocolate pudding recipe aka. chocolatey-twist :) Other ways to mix it up might include: a dash of ground cinnamon, non-dairy chocolate chips, or toasted coconut flakes.
- If you simply want to eat the coconut cream pudding as-is, you can enjoy this great dessert. I could eat the whole thing in one sitting. I'm good like that. However, when I made this recently, I turned it into a parfait. I layered as such: crushed and dried bananas, Paleo Banana Coconut Cream Pudding, crushed and gluten-free graham crackers, Paleo Banana Coconut Cream Pudding, and whipped cream for the top of the pudding. Yes, just an incredible dessert!