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Prepared by: Tanya Bozik

05/03/2017 Cooking time: 10 min

In this recipe you will learn how to make a milkshake with berry syrup: a delicious, beautiful, sweet, aromatic cocktail that will decorate your holiday table and delight your loved ones!

Description of preparation:

A cold berry cocktail with cream and sparkling water is a great way to quench your thirst on a summer day.
This cocktail turns out very beautiful due to the combination of berry syrup and cream, so it will easily decorate your holiday table. You can use any berries, but I recommend you try this cocktail with cherries and blueberries, they will give a very rich, beautiful color. Purpose: For children / For an afternoon snack / For dessert / For a quick meal Main ingredient: Berries / Dairy products / Cream Dish: Drinks / Fruit / Dairy / Cocktails / Fruit / Dairy / Sweet

Cocktail aesthetics

To decorate cocktails you can use:

• fruits;
• vegetables;
• berries;
• citrus peel;
• greenery;
• whipped cream;
• spice rims;
• sticks;
• umbrellas;
• chocolate plates;
• edible gold petals and much more.

Of course, when decorating drinks you need to use your imagination, but you shouldn’t neglect your sense of proportion either. There are cocktails that don't need decoration at all. There are also drinks for which certain standards have been established. For example, only an olive is suitable for a dry Martini; it is not complemented with anything else. "Manhattan" is characterized by a cherry, while "Gibson" is characterized by a dwarf onion.

How to make Milkshake with Berry Syrup

1. Place the berries in a saucepan and add a little water to them. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer until the berries are pureed.

2. When the berries are ready, rub them through a sieve to extract the juice. Add sugar to it and put on fire, bring to a boil and evaporate the liquid a little.

3. Then cool the mixture to room temperature and add a little to the glass. After this, add crushed ice (ice crushed using a blender or hammer), sparkling water and cream to the syrup. Try not to mix layers. Bon appetit!

Classic jewelry

Decorations not only add personality to drinks, but also often highlight their composition. Just like cocktails themselves, sometimes they are born by mixing, at first glance, completely disparate ingredients. Decorations can combine edible and non-edible details.

There is the International Bartenders Association, which has approved a list of cocktails with a strictly defined design. But decorations for milkshakes are most often improvised.

Sometimes drinks are garnished simply to differentiate them.

For example, Negroni and Americano are like two brothers. Count Camillo Negroni himself gave his drink a distinctive feature. He really didn’t want his creation to be confused with Americano, so the Count insisted that a slice of orange be added to his drink. Photo of cocktail decoration below.

"Americano" was invented in 1917 by Americans in Italy. To prepare it, a glass is filled with ice, and sweet red vermouth and Campari bitters are poured into it in equal parts. Then add soda water to taste. “Negroni” was invented three years later by an Italian himself; in addition to vermouth and Campari, gin is also added. That is, now the drink consists not of two equal parts, but of three. Outwardly they are very similar, they can easily be confused. That is why the fruit used to decorate the Negroni cocktail is orange, and the Americano is garnished with lemon zest.

The second example is Gibson and Dry Martini drinks. Their main difference is the decor. Gibson contains nine to one gin and dry vermouth. This drink is poured into a glass, one-third filled with crushed ice. For decoration use a small pickled onion.

The Dry Martini consists of eight parts gin and two parts dry vermouth. In the same way, a glass containing crushed ice is filled with a drink. But the decoration of the cocktail is an olive. The only thing is that a little lemon juice is also squeezed into this drink.

Historical reference. The Dry Martini cocktail was invented in 1860 by one of the most famous bartenders in San Francisco, Jerry Thomas, on the occasion of the departure of his best friend to the city of Martinez. At first, the alcohol was called Martinez. But then other drinks began to be made under this name. To avoid confusion, the cocktail was renamed “Dry Martini”.

Taste and color

An alcoholic mix promises a difficult task for the dreamer who drinks it. The dream book advises: in her decision, rely on your inner voice, it will not let you down. In addition, such a drink may mean that they are trying to fool you.

A non-alcoholic cocktail in a dream, according to some sources, foreshadows a wild party. According to others, he warns that you should not trust new acquaintances who are trying with all their might to win you over.

If you dreamed that you were drinking a milkshake, then you should not expect big changes in your life.

Fruit slicing

Before you start decorating, you first need to thoroughly disinfect your hands.

It is best, of course, to cut the fruits immediately before decorating, but, unfortunately, this is not always possible. Especially when it comes to bars that are located in very popular establishments. The bartender simply does not physically have enough time to cut fruit.

Tip: Apple decorations should be made just before serving. Pre-prepared figures will definitely darken.

Olives and cherries

Under no circumstances should you remove olives and onions from the jar and put them into the drink with your hands. There is a special lance for this action.

On the contrary, cherries should not be pricked; they are taken out with a spoon and then lowered to the bottom of the dish. Cocktail berries are used only for clear drinks, otherwise they will simply not be visible and their presence will lose all meaning.

Recipe for making a milkshake in a blender

Probably everyone loves milkshakes. This delicacy was first prepared in the mid-19th century in Europe. In the 1920s, ice cream began to be added to such cocktails. Over time, more and more new recipes for such drinks appeared, which, thanks to modern kitchen appliances, began to be prepared not only in cafes and restaurants, but also in home kitchens.

How to make a milkshake in a blender?

Typically, the ingredients for such drinks are mixed in a stationary device, but you can use an immersion blender or even a mixer for this. Beat the milkshake in a blender at the highest speed for at least 30 seconds.

It is better to use milk of medium fat content (2.5 - 3%) for this. You can prepare such drinks based on kefir, yogurt or cream. Lovers of low-calorie desserts should try a cocktail made from skim milk, fruit juice or unsweetened fruit (kiwi).

Dairy products should be cooled to a temperature of 5-6 degrees to make it easier to whip them into foam. Warm milk froths worse, and too cold milk loses its pleasant taste.

Is it so difficult to make a milkshake using a blender? Milk goes well with many foods, including fruits and berries. You can use fresh fruits, or you can take frozen ones.

First you need to defrost them and drain the excess liquid. Cut large fruits into small pieces; small ones can be placed whole in a blender. You can also use ready-made baby fruit purees from jars for a milkshake. Please note that there should not be more than 50 g of fruit per 250 ml of milk.

You can beat fruits and berries together with milk, or you can put them in the form of puree on the bottom of a glass, pour the milk mix on top - and you will get a multi-layered drink. To do this, you should first blend the fruits in a blender, then strain the resulting mixture, and then beat again - then the cocktail will turn out fluffy. Cook fruit without milk for at least 30 seconds.

Such drinks will decorate the table both on a weekday and on a holiday. And children simply adore them! Although some of them do not like milk, hardly anyone will refuse a tasty and sweet milkshake with their favorite berries and fruits - strawberries, bananas, etc.

Milkshake in a blender - different recipes

Milkshake in a blender with strawberries

Ingredients:

• 1 cup strawberries,
• 200 ml milk,
• 70 g vanilla ice cream,
• 1 teaspoon of sugar.

Cooking method:

1. Place all ingredients in the bowl of the device and whisk.
2. Decorate with berries and a mint leaf.

When you prepare a milkshake in a blender, you can also add spices (ginger, cardamom, vanillin, cinnamon), nuts, honey, cocoa powder, chocolate to this drink. But it’s better not to put grapefruits or tangerines in milkshakes. Sour apples and milk also don’t go well together.

Milkshake in a blender (recipe with bananas)

1st option

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 600-800 ml milk,
• 2-4 teaspoons of sugar.

Cooking method:

1. Peel the banana, break into pieces and place in a blender bowl.
2. Add sugar, pour in a small amount of milk and stir until smooth.
3. Then pour in the remaining milk and beat again.

2nd option

Here is another version of the recipe for a milkshake with bananas for a blender.

Ingredients:

• 1 liter of milk,
• 2 bananas
• 2 eggs (chicken or quail),
• vanillin,
• sugar,
• honey,
• nuts.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the bananas and place them in a blender and grind until smooth.
2. Then add the eggs and beat everything again.
3. Pour milk into the resulting mass and beat for 1 minute.
4. At the end, add honey, sugar, chopped nuts and vanillin (to taste).

Kiwi milkshake recipe in blender

You will need:

• 500 ml milk,
• 1 kiwi,
• 100 g ice cream.

Cooking method:

1. Peel the kiwi and place in a blender. You can cut the kiwi into several large pieces. Add ice cream and churn.
2. Then carefully pour in the milk. Beat for a few more minutes until you reach the desired consistency.

Chocolate milkshake in blender

Ingredients:

• 250 ml milk,
• 60 g vanilla ice cream,
• 50 g milk chocolate.

Cooking method:

1. Heat 120 ml milk in a small saucepan.
2. Add the chocolate, broken into pieces. Stir the mixture until the chocolate is completely melted.
3. Remove the finished mixture from the heat and cool.
4. Beat the remaining milk with ice cream in a blender. At the end, combine the two resulting mixtures and decorate the drink to your liking.

To make a sugar rim, you need to moisten the edges of the glass with orange, lemon or strawberry juice. After this, the container must be dipped in powdered sugar. Then the glass is filled with cocktail up to the rim.

Berries, pieces of fruit, mint leaves, grated chocolate, and whipped cream are good garnishes for this drink. There are a lot of options, you just have to choose the design to your taste.

Cocktail recipe with chocolate ice cream and cookies

Ingredients:

• 200 ml milk,
• 350 g chocolate ice cream,
• 8 pcs. cookies,
• whipped cream and cookie crumbs to serve.

Cooking method:

1. Place cookies in a blender bowl and fill them with milk. Beat until the cookies crumble completely, then add the ice cream and continue beating until smooth.
2. Pour the drink into a glass and garnish with whipped cream and cookie crumbs.

How to make a milkshake with coffee in a blender

Take:

• 100 g dark chocolate,
• 150 ml hot water,
• 600 ml milk,
• 4 scoops of chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

Cooking method:

1. Grate 20 grams of chocolate, break the rest into pieces, add hot water and beat with a blender until smooth.
2. Add milk and chocolate ice cream to the chocolate and beat well again.
3. Pour the finished milkshake with ice cream into glasses. Top each with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and sprinkle with grated chocolate.

Mint coffee milkshake recipe in a blender?

For this drink you will need:

• 150 ml milk,
• 400 g vanilla ice cream,
• 1 tbsp. spoon of mint,
• 1/2 cup of mocha coffee.

Cooking method:

1. Mix all ingredients and beat with a blender.
2. Pour the finished cocktail into tall glasses and garnish with grated chocolate. Enjoy your meal!

How to make your own cocktail garnishes

Very often, inedible elements are used for such purposes. This refers to the use of straws, spoons, umbrellas, and sometimes even sparklers. These cocktail garnishes are usually attached to the rim of the glassware.

These decorative elements are not allowed only at professional bartender competitions organized by the International Bartenders Association. Here you can only use wooden toothpicks to secure the edible decorations.

But novice bartenders, on the contrary, are recommended to use various tricks in order to lure customers to their drinks. It is in this matter that there is a unique opportunity to immediately prove yourself.

There is one fail-safe technique. Allow the guest to add decorations themselves. Firstly, this activity is interesting and addictive, and secondly, it is unlikely that anyone will criticize a drink that they themselves had a hand in creating.

When decorating a drink, it is important not to overdo it. Remember that not only the taste qualities should be combined, but also the color scheme. And you should not make decorations that are too large; they are very difficult to fasten well, so they may fall at the most inopportune moment. It is unlikely that the client will be happy with soiled things. The effect of the drink will be completely ruined.

It is worth remembering about the auxiliary material. For example, about the substance from which the adhesive rim is made. The most famous of them are sugar and salt. But no one prohibited the use of citrus juices, liqueurs and honey.

Don't forget that layered cocktails don't need decorations.