Challenj #49: Berries

[gominokouhai]

*taps mod mic* Hello, hello, is this thing on?

Excellent. FEAR ME, PITIFUL HUMANS... no wait, this is the mod channel for what again?... so, little chance of the pitiful humans chat working then. No matter. Start as you mean to go on. Expansion to global domination later. Work with what you've got. This, apparently, is what I've got.

Ahem. FEAR ME, PITIFUL HUMANS. This week's challenj is BERRIES. It was proposed by the marvellous donutsweeper, to whom all complaints must be directed. It's the perfect time for such a challenj. Summer is ending and autumn is just barely beginning, and the fruits lie heavy and ripening deliciously on the vine. I'm told that they are also available in our many supermarkets. Berries! They're what's good for you.

Submit to me your recipes for something to do with BERRIES or suffer the consequences, fools.

Vegan berry soft-serve !ice-cream

[fred_mouse]

My kids are currently all about smoothies and slushies and the like -- anything that can be made using the thermomix and frozen Stuff.

They made for me raspberry softserve not quite ice-cream, and it was glorious.

Ingredients:
Peel and freeze bananas. This is better if they are heading towards soft, but not yet squishy (save those ones for baking).
Frozen berries. We bought ours pre-frozen at the local supermarket. We had raspberries, but any tart fruit would go nicely.

Equipment:
Blender or equivalent (I haven't tried this with a stick blender, but presumably it would work if you could get things moving?)

Process:
Put roughly equal amounts* (by weight or volume) of frozen banana and berries into blending device**, blend until smooth. Serve in cup or bowl. While this will refreeze, it isn't as nice unless you stir it repeatedly while it freezes.

* I think we do 3/4 cup of unblended fruit per person, taste, and then add either more banana or more berries, depending on taste. But I'm inclined to just look at how much I've got, and chuck some in.
** We have a Thermomix, so we use a Thermomix. But I used to do the same thing when I had a standalone blender, so as long as your blender can deal with the frozen nature of the fruit, you should be fine.