Delicious Pistachio Nice Cream
One of our favourite desserts is ice cream. So, of course, we wish to be able to enjoy it worry-free any time we feel like it. Nice cream is able to provide this option for us, since it only contains whole food ingredients.Pistachio Nice Cream is a rich and tasty whole food plant based (vegan) ice cream that contains no refined sugar or dairy and is very simple to prepare.
Equipment
- Food Processor or a high-speed Blender
Ingredients
- 5 frozen bananas
- 100 g shelled pistachios with shells it's about double, around 200g, plus a little for decoration
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon matcha tea optional, contains caffeine
Instructions
- Chop the bananas into smaller pieces and freeze them for at least 2-3 hours or one day in advance.
- Shell the pistachios and rinse them to remove any salt in case they are salted.
- Put the frozen bananas, pistachios, and vanilla into a food processor. If you want to avoid pistachio pieces in the ice cream, grind the pistachios separately and then add them.
- Optionally, add matcha powder to enhance the green colour. Keep in mind that matcha tea contains a high level of caffeine, so if you're making ice cream for children or trying to reduce caffeine intake, you can skip this step.
- Process until you get a creamy texture.
Tips and Info
You may serve it immediately for a soft-serve ice cream. Another option is to place it in the freezer for one to two hours to get a more firm consistency. If you let it sit longer than that, it will have to be slightly defrosted before scooping. Sprinkle with finely chopped pistachio pieces.