Cinnamon Spiced Pumpkin Latte
Our fabulous food blogger Janey Green has sent in her go-to drink recipe for autumn and halloween!
Here's my version of a famous High Street coffee shop chains' seasonal drink.
My Cinnamon-Spiced Pumpkin Latte has all the hallmark flavours of a delicious pumpkin pie in a hot, sweet, milky coffee, but at a fraction of the calories and cost!
It is a really delicious, comforting drink-perfect for a dark Winter morning or snuggly afternoon in.
It's also a great way to use up some of the excess flesh left over from all the Halloween pumpkin carving!
The High Street version is around 390kcal/10 WeightWatcher propoints (pp).
My version is approx.60kcal/1pp (approx 120kcal/2pp - if you double the suggested serving size).
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YOU WILL NEED : (Per serving)
30g pumpkin flesh
1 teaspoon water
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon artificial granular sweetener
100ml skimmed or soya milk
1 single or double shot espresso
(according to your personal taste)
or
a shot-size cup of instant coffee mixed with hot water to your desired strength
Cut the pumpkin flesh into small cubes.
Add a teaspoon of water and cover.
Cook on high in the microwave for 1-2 minutes until soft enough to mash. Add the cinnamon and sweetener to your personal taste.
Pop the pumpkin mixture into a tall container. Heat the milk until almost boiling, then add to the mixture. Blend until really smooth and frothy.
The milky mixture will turn a beautiful apricot-tinged colour.
Pour into your serving glass and gently add the shot of hot coffee.
If you blended for long enough, this lovely frothy top will appear naturally.
Sprinkle with a little more cinnamon and garnish simply with some tiny strips of pumpkin shell...
...or a slice cut from the top of the pumpkin.
If you really have the carving bug like me, make a dinky little coffee cup and saucer as a funky decoration!
(The best pumpkins for these are the tiny munchkin variety).
Halloween for grown-ups!
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You could make this for kids or non-coffee-lovers without the coffee, just as a delicious frothy, milky drink.
You could make this for kids or non-coffee-lovers without the coffee, just as a delicious frothy, milky drink.
If you want to see more of Janey's recipes, head over to her blog:
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