Coconut cream is a new product on the shelves of our stores. He can not yet boast of enviable demand, but this is due solely to a lack of information. In the West, coconut cream is very widely used in cooking and is very popular.
Manufacture
Many confuse coconut cream with coconut juice. The last product is completely natural, it is formed in the cavity of the coconut fruit in a natural way. And the cream is made artificially: the flesh of the coconut is crushed, and then the resulting slurry is squeezed.
Cream is thicker than ordinary coconut milk, and tastes very similar to it. They are made from the pulp of ripe coconut.
Coconut cream recipe determines their consistency. The density of the product varies depending on the amount of spin produced. Cream is both quite liquid and very thick. For example, after one spin, a product resembling sour cream is obtained, and if the coconut flesh is soaked and squeezed again, a drink will appear that looks like cow's milk diluted with water.
Technologically, of course, coconut cream is not cream . They are only squeezing from the pulp of the fetus.
The benefits of coconut cream
Nutritionists claim that this product is extremely useful. People suffering from cardiovascular diseases, nervous disorders and depression should definitely include coconut cream in their diet. Recipes with this product are widely used in their unusual and healthy cuisine by vegetarians and vegans.
Cream contains a lot of oils, vegetable fat and protein. They are extraordinarily rich in B and PP vitamins, iron and manganese, and ascorbic acid.
Role in the culinary of different countries of the world
Dishes, which include coconut cream, are popular in different countries of the world. This product is highly respected in Thailand. There it is customary to cook soup based on it, served right in the half of a coconut. Residents of tropical islands, for which coconut is one of the main food products, add cream to desserts and pastries, served with fruits.
Loved this delicacy and the Europeans. The delicate taste, delicate texture and noble snow-white shade impress the French, who prepare ice cream, desserts and even sauces for meat and fish on the basis of this product. Europeans often call this product "Asian cream", emphasizing their tropical origin.
Coconut pie garnished with lush foam, based on whipped coconut cream, is very popular in America. This product is in perfect harmony with homemade ice cream, white and dark chocolate.
What to cook with coconut cream?
This product is not so easy to get in domestic stores. If you set out to get it, immediately go to the largest hypermarket with an abundance of foreign-made goods - perhaps this is where you are lucky. It costs relatively little, 200 rubles per jar.
Soups, meat gravy, fish sauces ... Perhaps this is best left to those who have long made friends with such an unusual product as coconut cream. And for beginners it is better to start with simpler dishes. For example, with ice cream. It’s easy to do, and the result is consistently good.
Beat with a mixer a liter of ordinary heavy cream, add 500 ml of coconut to them. If you want to make the taste even more tropical, you can add chopped fruit pulp (mango, banana, nectarine) or half a glass of coconut flakes. Try the mass: maybe you need sugar? Sweeten to taste, whisk everything thoroughly again, fold in a sudok and send to the freezer.
This product is also great for preparing all kinds of desserts based on Raffaello and Bounty: homemade sweets, cakes, cakes.
Whipped coconut cream can be decorated with cheesecakes, open fruit pies, salad cocktails.
They are well aware of the properties of coconut cream bartenders and barista. This ingredient is widely used in the preparation of a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, coffee. If you want to surprise guests with an unusual drink, you can prepare “Kiss under the mistletoe.” They do it like this: add 45 ml of vodka (preferably cranberry), pineapple juice, and 30 g of cream to the shaker. After thoroughly whipping, the liquid is poured into a glass and decorated with a cocktail cherry.
And tropical cream is unusually good with custard black coffee.