Dairy-Free Milkshake
A thick vanilla milkshake of frozen banana, oat milk and vanilla blended in 5 minutes with no ice cream.
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Frozen banana is the nearest thing to ice cream that comes out of a fruit bowl. When frozen and blended, it breaks down into a smooth, creamy, soft-serve-like mass because of its high starch and low water content, and it needs nothing else to give a thick shake. Add oat milk and vanilla and you have a dairy-free shake in minutes.
Slice the bananas before freezing, in rounds about 2 cm thick, and spread them on a tray in a single layer for 2 hours before bagging them. A whole frozen banana is hard to blend and strains the motor, whereas frozen slices go through easily. Use ripe, brown-spotted bananas, which are sweeter and more fragrant. Green ones taste starchy.
Blend with the liquid at the bottom. Pour the oat milk into the jug first, then add the banana slices, so that the blades have something to catch. Start slowly and use the tamper if your blender has one. Add the milk gradually: you want a thick, spoonable shake that holds a straw upright.
A tablespoon of peanut butter or cocoa turns it into a different flavour, and a few dates add extra sweetness. Pour into cold glasses and serve right away, because the shake melts and thins quickly. This quantity makes two servings.
The Method for Dairy-Free Milkshake
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Pour the oat milk into a blender.
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Add the frozen banana slices, vanilla, maple syrup and salt.
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Blend on low for 20 seconds, then on high for 1 minute until thick and smooth.
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Add a splash more oat milk if it is too thick.
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Pour into 2 cold glasses and serve with straws.
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Worth Getting Right
- Freeze sliced bananas in a single layer.
- Put the liquid in first.
- Serve right away.
Serve It With
Cookies · Toast · Fresh berries · Brownies
Storage
Best drunk at once.
Dairy-Free Milkshake Nutrition
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