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Hot winter smoothie
Serves 1 Desserts and puddings
Ingredients
- 100ml oat milk
- 1 banana
- 2tsp hazelnut butter
- 1tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1tsp linseed
- 50ml coconut milk
- 1⁄2tsp locust bean gum
- pinch ground vanilla
- pinch demerara sugar
- chocolate shavings, to garnish
Method
Heat the oat milk in a small saucepan. Place the banana, hazelnut butter, cocoa powder, linseed and pinch of salt in a blender. Add the hot oat milk and blend until smooth. Return the mixture to the saucepan and keep warm over low heat.
Add the coconut milk, locust bean gum, vanilla and sugar to a tall cup. Whisk with a stick blender until the mixture turns foamy and firms up, similar to whipped cream – this may take several minutes.
Pour the hot smoothie into a mug, top with the whipped coconut cream, garnish with chocolate shavings and serve.
Note: If you double the amount of locust bean gum and blend everything together, you’ll get an amazing chocolate custard.
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