Chai Walnut Shake

From: Walnut Marketing Board

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Serves 2

Chai tea is a black tea blended with spices that can include cardamom, cloves, coriander and ginger. It is typically blended with milk and sugar to create a sweet, spiced warm beverage. This shake combines tea, walnuts and ice cream to create a creamy, sweet, spiced milk shake.

Ingredients

1 spiced chai tea bag

½ cup boiling water

½ cup California Walnuts

3-4 ice cubes

1 ½ cups light vanilla ice cream

Dash each of ground cinnamon and cloves OR a dash of pumpkin pie spice

2 tablespoons whipped cream, for garnish

1 tablespoon chopped California Walnuts, for garnish

Directions

Place tea bag in boiling water and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bag.
Combine tea, ½ cup walnuts and ice cubes in a blender. Cover and blend 1-2 minutes until walnuts are very finely chopped and mixture is thick.
Add ice cream and spices; blend for 1-2 minutes until mixture is combined, scraping sides of blender if needed.
Pour into two glasses and top each with whipped cream and ½ tablespoon of walnuts.

Rosemary Mark for the Walnut Marketing Board