Monday, November 10, 2008

CORE Frappes

What's a Frappe?
It's a fancy word for grown up slushies :)

Below are a few of my favourite Frappe recipes - all are Core and for the Pointers, they max out at 1 to 1.5pts for the non-booze ones

Email me your favourite Frappe on dazeydee@adam.com.au and I'll add it

Serves: recipes serve 1-2

Difficulty: Very Easy

Method: add ingredients and blend until you can't hear ice rattling around.


COFFEE FRAPPE (base for other flavours)
  • 2/3 cup Tone milk (or other nonfat milk)
  • 6-8 ice cubes
  • 1 - 1.5 tsp instant coffee
  • sweetener to taste
  • sprinkle of mixed spice or cinnamon (1/4-1/2tsp)
  • 1 tsp vanilla essense

They came out so thick we couldn't suck through straws and ate with long spoons


MOCHA FRAPPE

  • add 1 tsp cocoa to Coffee recipe


CHOCOLATE FRAPPE

  • use 1-2 tsp cocoa instead of coffee


CHOCOLATE MINT FRAPPE

  • use 1-2 tsp cocoa instead of coffee
  • add about 6 mint leaves


VANILLA FRAPPE

  • 2-3tsp vanilla essence instead of coffee
  • use nutmeg instead of other spices


COFFEE AND BANANA FRAPPE

  • add a banana (or a frozen banana) to the coffee recipe


MANGO FRAPPE

  • 1 ripe mango (or tinned in juice, drained)
  • ice
  • you may need a dribble of water or juice to get the right consistency


APRICOT FRAPPE

  • 6 pieces of tinned apricot in juice, drained
  • ice
  • you may need a dribble of water or juice to get the right consistency


SMOOTHIES

  • omit coffee and add bananas, berries etc
  • optional - add part yoghurt, part milk


ZERO POINT SLUSHIES

  • ice
  • 1/3 cup diet cordial
  • 1/3 cup water


ZERO POINT FIZZY MOCKTAIL SLUSHIES

  • ice
  • 1/3 cup diet cordial
  • 1/3 cup diet lemonade of other flavour

Blend ice and cordial, pour into glass and top with fizzy


MANGO DREAM FIZZY MOCKTAIL

  • ice
  • 1 ripe mango (or tinned in juice, drained)
  • 1/3 cup diet lemonade

Blend ice and mango, pour into glass and top with fizzy. A little mint is lovely in this too.


BOOZE FRAPPES

More Points in these ones :)


TIPSY FRUIT FRAPPES #1

  • ice
  • 1 ripe mango (or tinned in juice, drained), or 6 pieces tinned apricots
  • sparkling white wine

Blend ice and mango, pour into glass and top with fizzy. A little mint is lovely in this too.


TIPSY FRUIT FRAPPES #2

  • ice
  • 1 ripe mango (or tinned in juice, drained), or 6 pieces tinned apricots
  • 1 nip vodka
  • 1/3 cup diet lemonade (or try berry fizz)

Blend ice, vodka and mango, pour into glass and top with fizzy. A little mint is lovely in this too.


COFFEE FRAPPE COCKTAIL

  • 2/3 cup Tone milk (or other nonfat milk)
  • 6-8 ice cubes
  • 1 - 1.5 tsp instant coffee
  • sweetener to taste
  • sprinkle of mixed spice or cinnamon (1/4-1/2tsp)
  • 1 tsp vanilla essense
  • 1 nip of vodka or clear chocolate/coffee liquer (the creamy ones like Baileys are more Points)


FIZZY COFFEE COCKTAIL (Black or White Russian)

  • 6-8 ice cubes
  • 1 nip of coffee liquer (not cream based)
  • sweetener to taste
  • sprinkle of mixed spice or cinnamon (1/4-1/2tsp)
  • 1 tsp vanilla essense
  • 1/3 cup diet lemonade or diet cola

Blend all except diet soda, pour into glass and top with fizzy.