Serious to goodness, how can something so simple have escaped me all this time? I mean, I'd heard on the banana vine (see what I did there?) that frozen bananas, blended, made good icecream but I was like - yeah - yawn.. isn't that just a smoothie without the stuff? And then, on a very hot Victorian summer's day, I got a massive craving for icecream. Given I had a monkey's supply of banoonoos in the fridge, and a small suitcase of frozen raspberries, the two seemed a marriage made in heaven.
As I whizzed in my inferior blender, which is about to blow up, I realised I needed some liquid to get it going a little better. I happened to have some coconut yoghurt AND coconut water in the fridge, so they went in too, lending a richer creaminess to the mix. I had eaten half a bowl before I spied basil in the garden and thought - what if? Back to the blender I went, adding a handful of basil - and oh my god, I'm a genius. I love basil in unusual situations - food related, of course, or that would be just weird - but boyo boyo basil is soooo much more versatile than just pesto. Like thyme, it's great for sweet deserts, and I have no idea why. I bet there is a scientific explanation, but I don't care - you just have to trust me on this.
Banana, Raspberry & Basil Dairy Free Icecream
2 frozen bananas
1 cup frozen raspberries
10 - 15 basil leaves
1/4 cup coconut yoghurt
Extra coconut water or dairy free milk (optional)
Since first making this, I have gone banana icecream mad. Mango, banana and coconut. Maple syrup, banana and peanut butter. Banana, redcurrant and sage honey with elderberries. I even did a layered Neapolitan icecream which I sliced into squares and we ate with waxed brown paper around it - a layer of vanilla, a layer of raspberry, and a layer of date and cacao. I forgot to photograph it - too busy orgasming.
What's your favourite?
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