9.20.2011

Coconut Yogurt: Quickie #2


When we were in Nevis recently, I had fresh fruit for breakfast every morning. Each day, there was a new yogurt flavor on the plate. One morning, it was coconut yogurt. I'm a sucker for anything coconut and this yogurt was so good it would make you think "island time" all year round. I requested it every morning and before we left, I asked if there was a recipe of some sort they might be willing share. The sous chef was sweet enough to bring it out to me in person along with her card. Later, when I opened up the envelope with the recipe, I did not expect to see just two simple ingredients: Greek yogurt and cream of coconut. Talk about quick! (Although as you'd expect from Four Seasons, their fruit plate was much more glamorous than the one I made below....just for me.....with whatever fruit I had in the fridge.) 


So I bought a little can of cream of coconut and some Fage Greek yogurt and mixed until I got the proportions exactly as I remembered them. You can fiddle with them to your taste; you want it to be dipping consistency. Not too thick but not runny. Taste it as you slowly mix in the coconut cream. You'll find a point where it's somewhat sweet and tastes like coconut. Greek yogurt is thick enough so you can add a surprising amount of cream of coconut. A thinner yogurt would not work.


My kids frequently ordered the coconut muesli there and raved about that as well. I imagine that recipe is a little more involved (and I neglected to ask for the recipe), but I'm working on it and will let you know. Or perhaps, if I send this post to Allison, she'll be kind enough to email me that recipe too?  :)


Coconut Yogurt

Courtesy of Allison Smith-Mason, Sous Chef at the Four Seasons, Nevis



Ingredients:
Brands I used:
Fage brand Greek yogurt
Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut



Method:

Combine to your taste


35 comments:

  1. thanks so much for doing all this experimenting for us! This yogurt sounds delicious!

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  2. I adore coconut so this would definitely fit the bill on hurried mornings.

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  3. Be still my heart. I've added both to the grocery list on my desk... Whole Foods (local) is donating 5% of their proceeds today to the JLC!

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  4. A delightful and healthy treat!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  5. Wow Barbara, this sounds simply irresistible. Yummmm.... Hoep you're having a great week ahead.
    Blessigns,
    Kristy

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  6. I love those! How much greek yogurt did you use, and how much cream of coconut? I want to try this.
    Here in the UK you can buy a really excellent coconut greek yogurt and it has little coconut shreds in it, but I'd love to make my own.
    *kisses* HH

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  7. Sounds absolutely delicious Barbara I love coconut! and what lovely picture!! gloria

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  8. This sounds delicious and I am coveting those figs!

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  9. Coconut yogurt???? I think I'm in love!

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  10. This is definitely my kind of breakfast Barbara.
    Sam

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  11. Two of my children love coconut, so this would be a nice breakfast surprise for them.
    Mimi

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  12. I love coconut too and am so thrilled to see such a simple-to-put-together recipe. I'll be looking for cream of coconut to try this at home. What a delicious way to start the day!

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  13. Thanks Barbara for passing this along. I love getting the inside scoop on recipes from great restaurants. I wonder if you could drain this a bit to thicken it back up after you mix in the cream of coconut. Also, the muesli sounds interesting, too. Now I want to run out and get some coconut to experiment with.

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  14. wow love this simple and tasty awesome thanks for all your kind comments hugs

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  15. I'm a sucker for all things coconut. Will be making this very soon!

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  16. Excellent idea! I will try this for breakfast.

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  17. This is a breakfast that would definitely get me out of bed....ha ha. Not only do I love greek yogurt, but I love coconut and this sounds wonderful.

    P.S. I've haven't been around to comment but I've still been reading. I really enjoyed reading over your 9/11 post and seeing the pictures you shared.

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  18. That is the simplest, yet most glorious combination ever! So glad you shared that! I would never have thought of it.

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  19. What a perfect recipe, Barbara. :-) I'm smitten with it already and I haven't even eaten it. I ran out of milk for my coffee yesterday and used coconut milk in the frother instead. Oh. My. Word. :-) SO good! I can't wait to try your recipe.

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  20. Barbara I feel like you are calling me with this recipe as I adore coconut too! :)

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  21. Don't you love it when they actually cooperate with recipe requests?!?! Even when it's so simple. This sounds delicious and beautiful photo Barbara.

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  22. Coconut just makes me happy. It does. I want to stir pineapple in this...a morning pina colada!

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  23. oh yum! i love anything with coconut too!

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  24. I could really go for some of that fruit right now.:)

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  25. so easy, so yiami, and i've never made it.
    Greetings from Chile.

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  26. Brilliant! I am always looking for a new quick breakfast for the office, this would be perfect...

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  27. Oh Barbara I do want to try his yogurt...coconut and yogurt...sounds fantastic!
    Hope you are having a great week and thank you so much for this wonderful recipe :-)

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  28. How nice of them to give you the recipe. Those two ingredient recipes are a rarity--to be treasured and shared. Thanks, Barbara!

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  29. I am also a sucker for anything coconut. It was so sweet of the chef to share the recipe and I love that there's only two ingredients! Thanks for sharing it with us, Barbara, I will definitely be making this!

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  30. Now I kind of want some coconut yogurt with some coconut muesli! What a great way to bring your vacation home with you.

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  31. This looks delicious! There's nothing better than coming home from a trip with a new recipe.

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  32. Simple and absolutely delicious!

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  33. considering that i can practically drink cream of coconut by itself, i'm all aboard for this idea! coconut is the bomb diggity. yo. :)

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