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Banana Milkshake

Banana and rum is a classic �avour combination. Rum

ampli�es banana �avours, because you often get banana

notes in rum. Beware - this milkshake is incredibly moreish.

225ml semi-skimmed milk

175g vanilla ice cream

150ml banana purée**

35ml Ron Zacapa 23

Glass: Milk bottle

Method: Measure the ingredients into a blender, blend for

two minutes, pour into a milk bottle and serve with a straw.

**To make the banana purée

750g bananas

250ml water

250g sugar

200g egg yolk

Bring water and sugar to the boil in a pan, add the banana,

take the pan o� the heat and leave to cool to room

temperature. Blend the mixture with the egg yolk and sieve.

TOP TIPS TO REMEMBER

Use good-quality ice creams, because

you really can taste the di�erence.

You can switch the vanilla ice cream for any

�avour you wish - go crazy experimenting.

You can buy Funkin blueberry purée online,

or Amathus stocks it; amathusdrinks.com.

Make sure you use homemade pancakes

in the blueberry pancake purée.

We use these exact measurements at

Barnyard to ensure consistency, but you can

be a little more lax when making yours.

Milk bottles are easy to �nd nowadays,

try Lakeland's 250ml or 500ml bottles;

lakeland.co.uk.

If you're throwing a party, get a big blender

and multiply the quantities so that you can

bash out a few at the same time.

Blueberry Pancake

Milkshake

I love blueberry pancakes, so thought I'd experiment

with them in a drink. The fruit in this milkshake has

a lovely sharpness, while the pancakes themselves

give a pleasing starchy grain �nish to the drink,

which works really well with the bourbon.

225ml semi-skimmed milk

175g vanilla ice cream

160ml blueberry pancake purée*

35ml Woodford Reserve bourbon

1 tbsp caster sugar

Glass: Milk bottle

Method: Measure the ingredients into a blender,

blend for two minutes, pour into a milk bottle

and serve with a straw.

*To make the blueberry pancake purée

1 litre Funkin blueberry purée

150g thin pancakes

150ml water

Blend everything together and sieve.

Vanilla Milkshake

The classic. You can use this as the base when

experimenting with your own milkshake recipes.

I make it with bourbon because it works well

with vanilla �avours, but you can try di�erent

spirits if you want.

225ml semi-skimmed milk

175g vanilla ice cream

35ml Woodford Reserve bourbon

1 tbsp caster sugar

Glass: Milk bottle

Method: Measure all of the ingredients

into a blender and blend for two minutes.

Pour into a milk bottle and serve with a straw.