Pear & watercress smoothie

@AniphaeS

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British Food

 · 17 Mar 2022

Morning pick-me-up

Vegan

• Preparation time: 10 minutes + freezing
• Serves: 2
  

Ingredients

• 1 ripe medium banana (about 100 g)
• 1 ripe Comice pear, peeled, cored and chopped
• 50 g Waitrose Watercress
• 6 mint leaves
• 1⁄2 lime, juice
• 1 cm fresh root ginger (about 2-3g), peeled and chopped

Method

1. Roughly chop the banana and put in a freezerproof container. Freeze for at least 2 hours or ideally overnight, until solid.
2. When ready to make your smoothie, put all the ingredients, including the frozen banana, in a high-speed blender. Add 150-200 ml ice-cold water and blend until smooth. Serve at once.

Cook's tip

The riper the pear and banana are, the sweeter yoru smoothie will be. To give it more sweetness, add a handful of green grapes or a pitted medjool date.