[:hk]甜杮奇亞籽沙冰【美白抗秋燥】Persimmon Chia Smoothie[:en]Persimmon Chia Smoothie[:]

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秋高氣爽，是肥丁最喜愛的天氣，做甚麼事情都活力澎湃。秋老虎還在，簡單做一些打掃家居的粗活，也弄得大汗淋漓，做一款當令沙冰，慰勞自己，順便滋潤皮膚，人到中年，就更不想做化學美人，身體調理得好，皮膚自然好。以抗秋燥很好的杏仁、養顏美白的當令甜杮、長梅花點的香甜奶蕉、高纖富營養的奇亞籽 ( Chia Seeds) 做材料，杮寒，還加入紅棗，甜杮和奶蕉果糖十足，不用額外加糖，奇亞籽用少許蜂蜜調味。香甜幼滑的沙冰混合果凍狀有嚼勁的奇亞籽，喝起來真的巧滿足啊 ~

P.S. 肥丁在 FB 預告的時候，很多人混淆了「奇亞籽」、「蘭香子」及「山粉圓」，其實它們是不同植物的種籽，營養價值和功效不同，吃錯了對身體無益，這篇一定要看到最後啊 ~

材料 ( 份量 2 人份 )

• 甜杮 Persimmon              3 個
• 小型奶蕉 Banana             1 根 ( 甚麼品種的蕉都可以，隨你口味，香蕉半根就夠了，有梅花點的蕉糖度最高，用來製作沙冰最好，無需另外加糖 )
• 紅棗 Dried Chinese Red Date   5 顆
• 杏仁 Unsalted Almond    60 g  ( 鹽烤不適用 )
• 開水 Water                       250 ml ( 打沙冰 )

• 奇亞籽 Chia Seeds           2 小匙
• 開水 Water                      120 ml ( 泡奇亞籽 )
• 蜂蜜 Honey                      1 小匙

做法

1. 早一晚把甜杮、奶蕉去皮，切塊，放入保鮮袋中，放進冷凍庫冷藏

2. 紅棗用熱水泡 20 分鐘，去核

3. 奇亞籽不用清洗，開水加入奇亞籽泡 5 ~ 10 分鐘成果凍狀，加入蜂蜜，拌勻，倒入杯中備用

4. 把杏仁和開水用攪拌機打成杏仁奶，倒入棉布袋裏過濾杏仁渣 ( 棉布袋最好用全新或消毒過的，曾過濾牛油或其他食材不宜 )

5. 從冷凍庫取出冰甜杮和香蕉，加入紅棗，加入杏仁奶，打成沙冰，倒入杯內，即可享用

甜杮小叮嚀

• 甜杮含豐富的維生素 A 、C 及碘質，護眼，養顏，美白，還能清火、潤腸、潤肺、止血、開胃及增強免疫力
• 甜杮不宜空腹食用，貧血、外感傷風、咳嗽、體弱多病、體質較差，孕婦產後均不宜，女性生理期忌食。柿子含糖分較高，糖尿病患者不宜
• 柿子性寒，不適合與螃蟹同食。亦不宜與酸性食物同食

杏仁奶小叮嚀

• 杏仁奶 Almond Milk 由杏仁榨取，不含麩質、乳糖、膽固醇及牛奶所含的生長激素，其蛋白質、維生素和礦物質豐富，適合牛奶過敏者，可代替牛奶或豆奶。不過脂肪含量其實挺高，甲狀腺種大者不宜
• 杏仁奶很易變壞，最好即做即喝，喝不完要煮沸，放涼後冷藏，飲用時再煮沸
• 杏仁渣可留起來做臉膜，薄薄的塗在臉上 10 分鐘，用暖水沖洗掉，皮膚會很滑的唷 ~

小心混淆「奇亞籽」、「蘭香子」及「山粉圓」

• 奇亞籽 Chia Seeds 是野鼠尾草的種籽，亦稱奇異籽或野鼠尾草籽，原是南美 Aztec 阿茲特克人的古老食品。奇亞籽的外皮屬水溶性纖維，本身無味道，吸收水份之後會膨脹十倍以上，能減慢澱粉質的吸收，食用少量就能保持長時間的飽腹感，豐富的營養又可持續為身體提供能量。進食可改善便秘，促進腸胃健康，有效降低高血壓、降膽固醇、消炎、消除疲勞之效

• 奇亞籽生吃，所以衛生標準要求較高，到在有機店或保健食品店購買較有保證

• 巿場上另一種外貌與奇亞籽很相似的「蘭香子 Basil Seed」，又稱羅勒子或明列子，以及台灣常見的山粉圓 ( 山香草 / 山薄荷的種籽 ) 是不同植物的種籽。「蘭香子」和「山粉圓」的營養價值不高，含有草蒿腦 estragole 的成份，世衛已確認過量攝取 estragole 可能會引致肝癌，香港政府食物安全中心曾提醒市民小心明列子裡可能含有致癌物

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Persimmons are a good source of fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants. They are one of my favourite fall/early winter foods to use in smoothie recipes. They are best used as either a flavour fruit in a smoothie or they can contribute to the smoothie base along with other creamy base fruits. This Persimmons, Banana and Chia Smoothie is a great option for a healthy afternoon tea. Loaded with superfoods and chia seeds, it will keep you full until dinner!

Ingredients ( Serve 2 )

• 3 Persimmons
• 1 Banana
• 5 Dried Chinese Red Date
• 60 g Unsalted Almond
• 250 ml Water ( for Making almond Milk )
• 2 tsp Chia Seeds
• 120 ml Water ( for soaking Chia Seeds )
• 1 tsp Honey

Preparation

1. Peel Persimmons and banana. Cut into chunks and keep in a zip-lock bag and chill in freezer overnight.

2. Soak Chinese red dates in hot water for about 20 mins, remove seeds.

3. Soak chia seeds in 120 ml cold water ( no need to rinse before soaking ). Once the seeds have gelled up and the mixture is no longer watery, add honey and mix well.

4. Blend almond with 250 ml water into almond milk. Place the almonds in the blender and cover with 250 ml of water. Pulse the blender a few times to break up the almonds, then blend continuously for two minutes. The almonds should be broken down into a very fine meal and the water should be white and opaque. Line the strainer with the opened nut bag, and place over a measuring cup. Pour the almond mixture into the strainer. Squeeze and press with clean hands to extract as much almond milk as possible.

5. Take out the freezed pumpkin and banana, place it in the blender, follow by red dates, almond milk, blended until smooth. Pour into the glass with chia seeds and serve.

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