Pistachio Ice Cream Bars

PISTACHIO ICE CREAM BARS

A recipe from Plantbaes and Califia Farms

"These super nourishing ice cream bars are so delicious and easy to make! They're the perfect healthy dessert to end the day. Pistachios bring some extra melatonin and magnesium to the table, which could help improve sleep onset and efficiency. We are also using Califia's Vanilla Oat Milk and I love that it brings a hint of vanilla and is fortified with calcium and vitamin D, which are two nutrients we need to give a little bit of extra attention to when following a plant-based diet," says Sarah Cobacho.

Ingredients

 
- ⅔ cup pistachios 
- ⅓ cup full-fat coconut cream 
- ⅔ cup @califiafarmsau Vanilla Oat Milk 
- 2 tbsp maple syrup 
 
To serve: 
- 50g dark chocolate
- Chopped pistachios 
- Sea salt 

- The night before place your coconut milk tin into the fridge and soak the pistachios in boiling water. 
- When you are ready to prepare your ice creams, remove the skins of the pistachios. 
- To a blender, add the pistachios, coconut cream (the coconut milk can without the liquid), Califia Farms Vanilla Oat Milk and maple syrup. Blend until perfectly smooth. 
- Pour into your ice cream mould and add the wooden sticks. Allow freezing for 3 hours minimum (this will depend on how cold your freezer is).
- For the toppings, melt the chocolate in the microwave 20 seconds at a time, stirring in between until the chocolate is completely melted. 
- Drizzle on top of your ice cream bar (or dunk the ice cream centres into it) and top with chopped pistachios or sea salt. Enjoy 

Sarah Cobacho is a French-Australian plant-based nutritionist and recipe creator. Follow her Instagram here: @_plantbaes_ For more details on Califia Farms visit: califiafarms.com.au