Frozen Coffee Smoothie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

14 fluid ounces strong coffee
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 vanilla bean
2 bananas
2 tablespoons blanched almonds
6 ice cubes

Preparation

Add brown sugar to freshly made hot coffee & stir until sugar has dissolved.
Scrape seeds out of half of a vanilla bean & put them, along with the bean, into the hot coffee, then set aside for 10 minutes to infuse.
Remove the vanilla bean & let the coffee cool, then put it in the refrigerator to chill for at least 30 minutes.
When the coffee has chilled, peel the bananas & put them in a blender along with the coffee & almonds. Process until smooth, then add the ice & process until ice is roughly crushed.
Pour into two glasses & serve immediately.