I took a leaf out of Bob’s smoothie book (excellent recipes, very original, think hot surfer meets Palm springs party style, unfortunately only in French at the mo) and came up with my own creation. Still going with the dulce de leche theme I found a tin of chestnuts knocking around in my cupboard. Chestnuts & dulce de leche? Pourquoi not (sorry I couldn’t resist a bit of franglais, homage to a chef at Le Cordon Bleu). And I must say they do go very well together.

Lie back in your deck chair, soak up the sun rays with a chilled glass of this in your hand. Purrrrrrrrfect!

Chestnut & Dulce de leche smoothie

1 tin of chestnuts (250g)
500ml milk
6 tbsp of dulce de leche (or to taste)
Ice cubes

Blend all the ingredients together apart from the ice cubes. Pour into glasses with ice. And that’s it.

Chestnut & Dulce de leche smoothie

1 boîte de marrons (250g)
500ml lait
6 c. à soupe de confiture de lait
Glaçons

Pour 4 petits verres ou 2 grands verres.

Mixez tous les ingredients ensemble, sauf que les glaçons. Servez avec les glaçons et voilà, c’est tout.