Milkshake is one of the easiest and fastest desserts. However, before how to make a milkshake in a blender, it is worth familiarizing yourself with some simple tips. The most important ones are listed below.
How to make a milkshake in a blender: useful tips
Tip number 1
The classic treat necessarily includes milk and ice cream. Yogurt, kefir and cream can also serve as a base. In addition, fruits, fruit juice, chocolate, syrup, coffee, ginger, peppermint or even alcoholic beverages can be added to the cocktail. But still for one cocktail you should not use more than 4-5 ingredients. Fans of low-calorie desserts should make a drink from skim milk, fruit juice or unsweetened fruits (kiwi, strawberries). It is undesirable to use oranges, sour apples, grapefruits or tangerines for this.
Council number 2
Milk for cocktail should be sufficiently chilled. Best if its temperature exceeds + 6 °. Such milk is easily whipped. At the same time, a cocktail made of too cold milk will be tasteless.
Council number 3
If you add ice or fruit to the named dessert, then it is better to strain it through a strainer. In this way, you can get rid of seeds, pieces of fruit and ice. In the case when you prepare ice at home, it should be based on settled water.
Tip number 4
The preparation of milkshakes in a blender takes place at high speed until a thick foam is formed. Instead of a blender, you can use a mixer.
Tip number 5
After cooking, a milkshake is poured into tall glasses. At the same time, an attractive appearance cannot be neglected. To decorate a milkshake, you can use a sugar rim, fruits and berries. To make a sugar rim, you first need to moisten the edges of the glass with orange or lemon juice. After this, the container for the cocktail must be dipped in powdered sugar. The glass is filled with a cocktail to the rim.
How to make a milkshake in a blender: recipes
There are countless recipes for this treat. It is not necessary to follow the recipe exactly. On the contrary, these desserts are just made for culinary experiments.
Milkshake with banana in a blender
- 1 liter of milk;
- 2 bananas;
- 2 eggs (chicken or quail);
- vanillin;
- sugar;
- honey;
- nuts.
Cut the bananas and place them in a blender. Then with the help of the device we turn them into a homogeneous mass. Then add the eggs and beat everything again. Pour milk into this mass. Beat the resulting mixture for 1 minute. At the end, add honey, sugar, chopped nuts and vanilla (to taste). Thanks to honey, the cocktail will become tender, and vanilla will give the dessert a pleasant aftertaste.
Milk Chocolate Shake
- 250 ml of milk;
- 60 g vanilla ice cream;
- 50 g of milk chocolate.
Before preparing a milkshake in a blender, it is necessary to heat 120 ml of milk in a small saucepan. Then chocolate, broken into pieces, is added to it. The mass must be stirred until the chocolate is completely melted. Remove the finished mixture from the heat and cool. Beat the remaining milk with ice cream in a blender. At the end we combine the two described mixtures.