Berry Whizz

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups strawberries, hulled and chopped
• 1 cup fresh blueberries or 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries or 1 1/2 cups frozen raspberries
• 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 cups orange juice, freshly squeezed
• ice cube (see notes below) (optional)
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar, to taste
• mint leaf, to serve

Recipe

• 1 place the strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and kiwi fruit in a blender with 1 cup of the orange juice, and blend for about 45 seconds, or until smooth.
• 2 using a large spoon, push the berry mixture through a sieve, discarding the solids. (see notes below).
• 3 crush the ice in the blender (use the ice crusher button on the blender if it has one); add the sieved berry purée, the remaining orange juice and the sugar; blend to combine, then taste for sweetness and add more sugar. if you want your drink slightly thicker, use slightly less orange juice.
• 4 pour into 6 glasses and top each with a sprig of mint, or pour into a serving jug, and serve immediately.
• 5 notes: the original recipe suggests using 12 or more ice cubes if using fresh berries; and that if you are using frozen berries that you may prefer not to use ice cubes at all. my blender does not have an ice crushing facility, and i actually chose to use frozen berries partly because i didn't want to cause unnecessary strain on the blender! secondly, i was making this just for myself, so the quantity i made was going to last for several days: after the ice had melted, the juice would probably have been too watery for my taste. and thirdly, the weather was just not hot enough for me to fancy such a cold drink. note on step two: i wasn't very happy about completely discarding the solids, so i have put them in the freezer while i think of where i can use them!