oat, pear and cardamom smoothie

Oat, pear & cardamom smoothie

Gently spiced & refreshing

oat, pear and cardamom smoothie

15 mins plus overnight freezing

Not Too Tricky

serves 2

About the recipe

“I have a love/hate relationship with smoothies. The idea of people replacing a meal full of different textures and flavours with a drink makes me squirm – yet a cold sweet-and-sour fruit smoothie in the morning can be hard to beat. Frozen fruit gives smoothies a nice coldness without requiring ice and helps make use of over-ripe fruit that’s on the way out. Smoothies are also the perfect vehicle for natural nutrient powders, so feel free to add a teaspoon here if you are so inclined.”


nutrition per serving

245

Calories


6.1g

Fat


1.6g

Saturates


37.2g

Sugars


0.35g

Salt


3.7g

Protein


45.9g

Carbs


7.6g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Nordic Light

Nordic Light

By Simon Bajada

Ingredients

2 pears

6 cardamom pods

500ml oat milk

100g natural yoghurt

2 teaspoons runny honey

2 teaspoons bee pollen

Method

I have a love/hate relationship with smoothies. The idea of people replacing a meal full of different textures and flavours with a drink makes me squirm – yet a cold sweet-and-sour fruit smoothie in the morning can be hard to beat. Frozen fruit gives smoothies a nice coldness without requiring ice and helps make use of over-ripe fruit that’s on the way out. Smoothies are also the perfect vehicle for natural nutrient powders, so feel free to add a teaspoon here if you are so inclined.

  1. The night before you want to make your smoothie, peel and core the pears. Pop them into the freezer.
  2. Open the cardamom pods and extract the seeds, then crush up in a pestle and mortar.
  3. Tip the crushed seeds into a blender, then add the frozen pears, oat milk, yoghurt and honey. Blitz until smooth.
  4. Divide between two glasses and sprinkle over the bee pollen.

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