Brazilians really don't have a moment of peace: when we thought the seventh heat wave of the year had taken a break, high temperatures returned with a vengeance in several Brazilian cities.
If things got hot there too, how about a ice cream to refresh? The 3 recipes we have selected below are healthier than the traditional ones and can even be made at home:
1 – Vegan banana ice cream with chocolate sauce
Expert recipes from chefs Celso Fortes and Michelle Rodriguez, from Açadogue Vegano.
Ice cream ingredients:
- 3 ripe frozen bananas;
- 2 col. peanut butter (soup);
- 1/2 cup. grated coconut (tea);
- 1/2 cup. (tea) coconut milk.
- Syrup ingredients:
- 2 col. (soup) of cocoa powder;
- 4 col. demerara sugar (soup);
- 1 col. (soup) of oil;
- 100 ml of water.
Preparation mode:
For the ice cream, blend all the ingredients in a blender and then place in the freezer for at least two hours.
For the syrup, place all the ingredients in a pan and heat until it thickens.
2 – Fit dark ice cream
Recipe from nutritionist Juliana Vieira.
Ingredients:
- 1 frozen banana;
- 1 scoop of chocolate flavor whey protein;
- 1 col. powdered collagen (soup);
- 1 col. (soup) of sliced and toasted almonds.
Preparation mode:
Remove the banana from the freezer five minutes before starting preparation. In a blender, blend the banana, whey and collagen until you obtain a creamy consistency. Place in the freezer for half an hour, and serve with almonds on top.
3 – Low carb and gluten-free ice cream
Recipe by chef Saschi, specialist in functional cuisine.
Ingredients:
- 150g of Adoçã (apple concentrate rich in fiber);
- 20g butter;
- 300g creme de leite from a zero carb can;
- 1/2 cup. of water.
Preparation mode:
Bring the water, Adoçã and butter to the heat and stir until it becomes a very golden and full-bodied caramel. Add 1/3 of the cream and mix well until you get a homogeneous texture. Turn off the heat and add the rest of the ingredients. Blend in a blender for five minutes, and leave in the freezer overnight.
