Recipe: strawberry elderflower frappe

Ready to move beyond basic vanilla or chocolate this ice cream season?

Much as we love those classics, with so many crazy – and crazy delicious – flavour combinations flooding the freezer aisle of the supermarket, it’s hard to resist making some big, boldly flavoured frozen concoctions of our own.

For a cool and so-very-adult frappe, we combine strawberry ice cream with elderflower liqueur.

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STRAWBERRY ELDERFLOWER FRAPPE

The elderflower liqueur makes this a grown-up frappe. For a kid-friendly version, substitute an equal amount of juice or milk.

Start to finish: 5 minutes

Servings: 2

• 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 cup strawberry ice cream
• 2 ounces elderflower liqueur
• Zest of 1/2 orange

In a blender, combine all ingredients. Puree until very smooth. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 260 calories; 50 calories from fat (19 per cent of total calories); 6 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 20 mg cholesterol; 36 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 27 g sugar; 3 g protein; 45 mg sodium.