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I created this recipe for Waterbaby12347 who wrote a post inquiring about either freezing or dehydrating cucumbers. When I saw the post my first thought was sorbet but I had never made this before… so I meditated over what would be good together and out came a beautiful refreshing coconut cucumber sorbet! I used herbs (lemon thyme and shiso!) to jazz it up.
1/2 cup fresh meat from a thai young coconut
1/4 cup water from a thai young coconut
a little under 1/4 cup raw agave nectar
1 beautiful cucumber, pick your variety... i got mine from my garden
half a pretty n plump lemon
a handful of lemon thyme and shiso
Blend all ingredients together in a food processor, minus the lemon – squeeze that INTO the mix. PROCESS! The longer you process the more it will chop up the coconut meat. I left mine so there were TINY chunks of coconut meat in the mix.
FREEZE atleast 4 or so hours.
I used garden fresh herbs (lemon thyme and shiso!) to jazz up the mix. Other herbs that would be lovely in this include: lemon verbena, french sorrel, lime thyme, lime kefir leaf. You could also replace or add fresh squeezed lime to your mix.
I just made this today and have to say that it was divine! My mom who is non-raw even liked it! I'm posting a review about it on my blog so be sure to check it out in a few days.
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Hey TheRawDance!!! I hope you're doing fabulous! This receipe looks great.
Thank you all for your kind words!
Waterbaby: What's your name dear? I'd rather refer to you by name if that's okay! Shiso, omg, the best ever... it's an Asian herb that's slighty spicy and semi sweet - like basil but not that taste, those properties though. It has grown in so well. I will be really sad if it stops growing as the seasons change. I am trying to ultilize all my garden's offerings right now so thinking of ways to use them in recipes. I love shiso in my kale salads too. Earlier I used it with tomatoes and it was to die for. You know how people top a tomato with basil, salt and pepper and it's the best thing ever? Well, Shiso even tops that!
Aww I've seen you on youtube...I think I'm subscribed. Great videos, you always offer a lot of insight, and great recipes! This one looks interesting and refreshing, I'll have to try it sometime :)
TheRawDance~ How sweet of you to experiment for me!!! Wish I was there to taste this lovely creation!!! Tell me what does shiso taste like...
Thank YOU for being so helpful!!! TWIRLS to you as I can't FLIP... LOL
your recipes are so creative! thank you for sharing!
Yum!
I wish i had a young coconut!!!
(: