Vietnamese Cold Fruit Desserts (Che Thai)

PREP TIME:
20 minutes

SERVES:

4-6

TOTAL COOKING TIME:

30 minutes
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INGREDIENTS
  • 1 pint heavy Cream
  • 1 quart whole milk
  • 3.5 oz Tapioca Dice (Hot Luu Mau)
  • 1.5 oz Tapioca shredded straight
  • 1 can (20 oz) Jackfruit
  • 1 can (22 oz) Palm seeds
  • 1 can (20 oz) Longan
  • 1 can (20 oz) Lychee
  • 1 can (13.5 oz) coconut milk
  • 2 cans (10.5 oz) coconut juice
  • 1 oz unflavored Gelatine (Knox)

DIRECTIONS

  1. 1.
    Using a medium size baking pan, sprinkle 1 oz of unflavored Gelatine over 1 cup cold water. Let it stand for 1 minute.
  2. 2.
    Add 1 cup of boiling water, stir constantly until granules are completely dissolved. Refrigerate the Gelatine for 1 hour.
  3. 3.
    Bring 8 cups of water to boil in a medium sized pot. Add tapioca (dice and shredded straight) and cook until soften (6-8 minutes). Drain tapioca. Set aside.
  4. 4.
    Open all cans of fruit, save syrup. In a large bowl, add jackfruit, palm seeds, lychee, longan (without syrup). Add tapioca, milk, heavy cream, coconut juice and coconut milk. Mix well.
  5. 5.
    Slowly add reserved syrup from fruit cans (e.g. Lychee) to the desired level of sweetness.
  6. 6.
    Cut hardened Gelatine into 1" long pieces. Add to fruit bowl. Mix well. Refrigerate mixed fruits for 1 hours. Ready to serve cold.