Vegan Mango Coconut Panna Cotta
This vegan panna cotta with mango and coconut from The Perfect Blend cookbook is divine. This coconut panna cotta is vegan, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly.
Panna cotta is my all-time favorite dessert. However, this traditional Italian dessert which literally translates to “cooked cream” is not so great if you’re vegan, dairy-free, paleo, or living with food allergies.
This simple vegan panna cotta is quick and easy, and a great allergy-free dessert the whole family can enjoy.
I love the combination of coconut and mango. There’s a mango pudding I love when I go and eat Yum Cha at Shark Finn in Melbourne. It’s delicious. But, their version is made of condensed milk. This vegan panna cotta is much healthier, and is gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, nut-free and refined sugar-free.
Just a note about the agar: if you’ve never used it before, agar is made from seaweed and is a great vegan alternative to gelatin. Typically, the acidity and enzymes in mango and some other fruits compromises the gelling power of the agar, but heating the mixture neutralizes this issue. Agar is sold in flakes and powder, and the powder is so much easier to work with. The flakes can be hard to dissolve.
I love to top this mango coconut panna cotta with fresh mango pieces and toasted coconut chips. Enjoy!
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Other Coconut Desserts
Vegan Lime Coconut Rice Pudding
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Vegan Coconut Ice Cream
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Ooohhh. Tempting. Tempting! TEMPTING! *off to the kitchen… again*
LOL! I love it!
How agar agar should I use if it’s in long strands and not powder form
That’s the kind I used for this. I heaped tablespoon. Enjoy!
Where do I get coconut palm sugar and agar flakes from!?
Must admit your recipe and the picture is awesome; I cant wait to try it out…
Hey Cathy!
You can get agar flakes and coconut sugar at health food stores. If you are in the U.S Wholefoods carries it all. But so do all of the others. You can use other sugar if you don’t want to spend the money on the coconut sugar. Let me know how you go. Oink Oink =)
Mate, this is the yummiest thing I’ve ever tasted! I could eat this all day long! Thank you!
Thanks Stephen.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Yum Yum YUM it’s like eating an island holiday
Ha! Yes! I think so too 🙂
This pudding is so good I couldn’t stop eating it. I had a hard time waiting until they were set after I licked out the contents of the blender!
This is so easy and so delicious!
The picture sold me……
Glad you all enjoyed this recipe.
It is SO easy.
Yes, the photo is one of the better ones.
I need to get a better camera and take a photography class so it is all not so “hit and miss”
If I wanted to sub plain gelatin for the
agar flakes, would that work. If so, do
you know how much. Thanks. Great
site.
I haven’t tried regular gelatin with this recipe, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
I would try 2 teaspoons of gelatin.
Please let me know how you go with that.
Oh Thankyou for your lovely kind words of encoragement. I really really appreciate it.
LOL! I LOVE it.
I know! This is SO hard to stop eating.
SO easy and SO yummy!
I agree! Mango and coconut ROCKS!
Wow! This looks so delicious!!! I absolutely love mango and coconut together. I bet if I added a pinch of cardamom to this, it will taste even more exotic.
Yes! LOVE cardamon. Enjoy 🙂
I live on the southern Gulf coast of FL where for 3 blessed weeks of the year, we can get fresh lychees in addition to terrific fresh mangoes. I pureed mango & lychees in 1:1 ratio & after heating, added a squeeze of lime juice with the finely grated zest of one lime. Oh wowowowow. I made it for a potluck. It didn’t make it to the potluck. Ooops. I guess it’s back to the market for ingredients for a second batch. Thanks for sharing. This one’s a keeper!
OH, YUM! Thankyou so much for sharing. I am going to make your blend.