Frozen Coffee Smoothie

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 14 fluid ounces strong coffee
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 2 bananas
• 2 tablespoons blanched almonds
• 6 ice cubes

Recipe

• 1 add brown sugar to freshly made hot coffee & stir until sugar has dissolved.
• 2 scrape seeds out of half of a vanilla bean & put them, along with the bean, into the hot coffee, then set aside for 10 minutes to infuse.
• 3 remove the vanilla bean & let the coffee cool, then put it in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes.
• 4 when the coffee has chilled, peel the bananas & put them in a blender along with the coffee & almonds. process until smooth, then add the ice & process until ice is roughly crushed.
• 5 pour into two glasses & serve immediately.