no-go coco jello

[darkoshi]

I thought I had a great idea... I made a jel dessert using coconut milk in place of half of the water. But it didn't work. It remained a liquid. Apparently coconut milk keeps it from jelling.

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[heron61.livejournal.com]

Coconut milk works awesomely well for cornstarch-based custards, but I've never tried it with anything like that. Also, full fat and low fat coconut milks behave quite differently.

[darkoshi]

I'll have to try making a pudding with coconut milk. That sounds good too. I was using the full-fat kind.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

high fat stuff doesn't gel well, try the low fat kind. Now that I think about it, I made a Mexican jello-like thing using low fat coconut milk mixed with rice milk and the result was good (if odd, the coconut and rice milk separated into exceedingly distinct two layers).

[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

yeah, I've made rice pudding with coconut milk and also made a store-bought coconut pudding recently. I also discovered that very brand of vegan jello a couple months ago, and it gels pretty well as is...or with vodka ;)