Serves: 5
Total Calories: 88
Place a strainer over a medium bowl. Line a baking sheet with freezer paper. Set aside.
Place the tea bags and mint leaves in a medium bowl. Pour the boiling water over the tea mixture and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow the tea mixture to steep for 2 minutes.
Place the orange juice, sugar, and vanilla in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Remove the saucepan from the heat. Strain the tea mixture into the orange juice mixture (discard the tea bags and mint) and blend well. Add the cherries and blend. Allow the mixture to come to room temperature. When the cherry mixture is cool, transfer it to the strainer over the bowl (reserve the liquid). Place the cherries on the prepared baking sheet and freeze for 1 hour or more. Cover the bowl containing the liquid and refrigerate.
When you are ready to make the smoothie, place the reserved cherry mixture liquid, the cherries, and the ice cream in a blender and mix by using the on/off pulse function until the ingredients are mostly blended. Continue mixing, gradually increasing the speed, until the mixture is smooth. Pour the smoothie into a glass and garnish with a Vanilla Pirouette (see Great Garnishes), if desired.
From SINFUL SMOOTHIES: more than 130 dessert smoothies & other indulgences. Copyright © 2004 Donna Pliner Rodnitzky. All Rights Reserved.
This Cherry, Green Tea, and Mint Fusion recipe is from the Cook'n Sinful Smoothies Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
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