PER ITALIANO
Hello friends,
Today we are preparing a flavorful ice cream with soy yogurt, fresh fruits, pistachios and coconut flakes.
Before going plant based, I used to make my own yogurt at home. I wanted to make also a plant based yogurt myself and tried different recipes with nuts, rice, soybeans or plant based milks. However I wasn't happy with neither taste nor the consistency.
Among the plant based yogurt brands we've tried so far our absolute favourite is Sojade natural soy yogurt. It is delicious, tastes really yogurt-like and is also organic. Another brand we use is Sojasun natural soy yogurt. I read both Sojade and Sojasun make part of the same group, while the first one is organic the other one is not.
I live in Italy and I can find them quite easily. I don't know from which part of the world you are reading this blog, you may have different brands.
If you live in a place where soy yogurt is out of reach for you or if you can't find one that you like, it is not a big deal for this recipe, you can replace yogurt with the same amount of frozen banana.
We won't add any sweetener at all to our healthy ice cream. The most important tip I can share with you is to have some frozen RIPE bananas in your freezer. As long as you have ripe bananas you won't need use any other sweetener or thickener. No need to count calories as well ;)
I follow discounts and when bananas are discounted I buy in bulk, let them ripen and then slice and freeze them. Sometimes, mostly in summer, supermarkets want to get rid of their overripe bananas fast so they sell them at a pretty discounted price at their discount corners, so keep in mind.
Ingredients (for 2):
300 g frozen RIPE banana slices
100 g frozen soy yogurt cubes
1/4 tsp vanilla extract or pure vanilla powder
Fresh strawberry slices
Blueberries
Raw pistachios
Coconut flakes
Preparation:
- As first thing we make ready all the ingredients for garnish. We will prepare the ice cream at last so that it wouldn't melt and become too soft.
- Cut strawberries into slices. Chop pistachios roughly. Make ready blueberries and coconut flakes.
- Place frozen banana slices, soy yogurt and vanilla in a high powered blender and blend until you have you have ice cream consistency. Pay attention not to blend too long as it tends to get soft fast.
(Thermomix owners => Place frozen banana slices, soy yogurt and vanilla in TM Bowl and blend for 15 - 20 seconds increasing the speed gradually to 6. If you find it necessary blend a few seconds more on Speed 5-6 until you have ice cream consistency. Pay attention not to blend too long as it tends to get soft fast.
- Put half amount of the ice cream in two serving bowls. Garnish with half of the fresh fruits.
- Serve the remaining ice cream into the bowls. Garnish with the remaining fruits. Sprinkle with coconut flakes and pistachios.
Enjoy...
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