This winter I've happily eaten four pints of vegan ice cream; today I had the last spoonfuls. Now that there is no longer any tubs left in the fridge my sweet-tooth craving was left hanging leaving me to feel really edgy for something cold and sweet. We recently had some strawberries that were not so very sweet so I told my dad to freeze them so I could blend them into a drink - all inspired by the fact that the strawberry container was marketed as a "smoothie pack" which sparked up some good memories back at Fuji Japanese Restaurant in Thailand where I ordered this delicious strawberry blended ice drink. And thus my experiment began:
I didn't have very many strawberries... I think it was like 3 small and 1 large one. In their frozen state I popped them into the blender and man these babies are viscious - had I not placed my hand on the blender top I swear one of the strawberries would have flown out like a shooting rock. Still, I was excited my icy delight was beginning to form. I then added some Preshafruit apple juice (I had the apple + passionfruit kind on hand) and some sugar. Blended away. I still had some strawberry ice rocks in the blended juice but it was still delicious :) and of course garnished with some mint (makes it pretty + gives an extra hit of freshness).
I absolutely love how the colours turned out! So bright and pink/red. For next time having more strawberries inside would mean less crazy shooting rocks lol and I'd make the sugar into syrup first so that it's all melted. I think I might try some agave syrup next time to make it a raw treat.
I wasn't really sure what to call this. At first I called it Strawberry Ice but after designing this photo and adding the dots for the wintery feel - I thought hey! It's like snow! So there you have it Strawberry Snow.
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