Milkshake ... What kind of drink could be better for a children's party, party or just for breakfast? It is not only tasty, but also extremely useful - milk provides the necessary amount of calcium, protein and fat, and fruit or vegetable additives will charge you with the energy of vitamins C, A, group B, potassium and magnesium. It all depends on what exactly you will cook it with. By the way, a milkshake is a great option for those mothers whose children do not like milk. Which child will refuse a delicious, beautiful, with pieces of fruit mixture, which is very fun and interesting to drink?

How to make a milkshake at home

To taste this drink, you no longer need to go to the cafe. The classic mix is \u200b\u200bprepared so simply that even a schoolchild can master a recipe for making a milkshake. For several servings you will need:

250 grams. ordinary creamy ice cream (this is about 2 balls);

2 cups milk 3.2% fat;

1 cup cream

2 tbsp. tablespoons of powdered sugar or any fruit syrup;

A bit of vanilla.

Put in a blender or mixing bowl all the specified ingredients, beat at the highest speed for 2-3 minutes. The classic milkshake is ready. Following the recipe, you will get about 3-4 servings. For those who are confused by the fat content of the cocktail (after all, ice cream and cream are not the most dietary products), there is an obvious way out - replace ordinary milk with low fat, also choose cream with the lowest percentage of fat, and from the wide assortment of ice cream buy the one that has the lowest calorie content . Thus, you enjoy the drink without harming the figure. Also in the cocktail you can add a few fresh berries or fruits, and sugar, as mentioned above, replace fruit or any other syrup. Now that you have the basic recipe for making a milkshake at home, you can endlessly experiment and come up with something new. By adding various ingredients, you will prepare a new mixture for each breakfast.

How to make a milkshake with chocolate and banana

This recipe will definitely become a favorite at children's parties. Chocolate and banana flavor will appeal to absolutely all kids. For him, a caring mother needs to take:

150-200 ml of milk of any fat content;

70-100 grams of chocolate;

200 grams of regular ice cream;

Cinnamon to taste.

Grate the chocolate and dissolve it in a small amount of hot milk, leave a couple of spoons of chips for decoration. Cut a banana into small circles. Next, all the ingredients should be placed in a mixer or blender, beat for 2-4 minutes, until the mass becomes beautiful and uniform. Then pour into glasses and decorate with chocolate, serve. Cinnamon can be added to the drink to taste. Everything is very simple and does not even take five minutes. Knowing how to make a milkshake, you can easily find in it an alternative to store carbonated drinks, which are not very useful for both children and adults.

If you approach the issue of mixing cocktails at home in more detail, then for a start I would advise you to look through the literature on bar business. For example, it’s enough for a newcomer to read “The Bartender’s Bible” and “IMBIBE” by David Wondrich. Firstly, it will help you better understand what you are mixing your drink from and what should be the result. Secondly, it is very interesting.

Ninety-five percent of what is, and what will be, has already been invented. And the unique cocktails that fall into the remaining 5% are a small miracle and, as a rule, an accident. But those who do nothing even have no accidents.

One of the important roles in the preparation of cocktails is played by instruments. They are a continuation of the hands of the bartender.

All you need for a good result: a convenient and reliable shaker, mixing glass, bar spoon, strainer, fine strainer and, of course, good ice (large square ice from an ice maker).

When choosing equipment, the “expensive - high-quality” rule does not always work.

   Shaker - the main symbol of bartending art

When choosing a shaker, try squeezing the open part with your hand. If the metal bends a lot, the shaker will start to leak soon. Glasses should fit tightly into each other and open easily with the right hit.

  Due to the transparency of the mixing cup, you can always see what happens

The mixing bowl must be made of durable thick glass. You can choose iron, but it is not very convenient and aesthetic.

The whole grace of preparing a drink in a glass glass is that you see the drink, you see that there is nothing superfluous.

The main purpose of a bar spoon is to reach the bottom of a bar tableware, therefore it is long

When choosing a spoon, it is enough to make sure that everything is in order with the center of gravity and that it lies comfortably in the hand. The rest is a matter of taste.

Strainer (English strainer - "filter", "sieve") - a tool that filters out large particles of ice or pieces of fruit when the bartender pours a cocktail from a shaker into a glass.

There are two types of strainers:

• Julep strainer (no spring at the edges). It was invented before the invention of straw tubes to drink from glasses that are filled with crushed ice.
• Ordinary spring strainer.

They are all good. Which one to choose is a matter of taste.

  Julep Strainer and Fine Strainer

Fin strainer

In fact, this is an ordinary strainer, even from a hardware store can do. However, the smaller the holes, the better.

Mixing technique

Drinks without an acidic part (usually lemon or lime juice) - Negroni or Americano, Arno or Bizhu - are easy to mix in a glass. It is enough to pour the ingredients into a glass, add ice and mix. Then just pour it from ice into a chilled glass or drink with ice - it's a matter of taste.

But, whatever one may say, without a shaker and ice you can’t mix a good drink. There are two main mixing techniques - shake and styrene. Everything else - a blend (beat in a blender), a build (pour on ice), a layer (put in layers) - echoes of either a club or a beach party.

Shake

The bartender first of all pours cheaper ingredients. If you make a mistake, the error will cost less.

When the ingredients are in a shaker, you can add ice. The shaker should be full of ice - so the drink will dilute less with water.

The more ice there is in the glass, the slower it will melt and the less water there will be.

After intensively whipping the drink for 3-6 seconds, it must be filtered from the used ice into a chilled glass using a strainer. Maybe the shaker had fruits, mint, basil and so on. The glass should have a beautiful clean drink.

Steer

Same story: ingredients, ice, stirring, filter.

ELEPHANT

If you make yourself a simple mix, there is a funny club rule for the ELEPHANT: glass, ice, base, filler.

The strong part (base) is poured first on the ice in order to smooth out roughness and spirituality. Since the mix drinks use inexpensive alcohol, it is usually odorous, sharp, alcoholic. Two or three ingredients do not mix properly, so alcohol needs to be smoothed, cooled.

Proportions and structure

The word “cocktail” (English cocktail - “cock's tail”), if you dig deep, is just a small category of mixed drinks.

A cocktail is a strong part, a sweet part, a bitter part and water or soda.

Each drink has its own specific structure or category. There are no more than 15-17 of these structures in the world.

• Daisy: strong part, sweet part in the form of liquor, sour part. An example of a cocktail with such a structure is Margarita.
• Fizz: strong part, sour part, sweet part, protein and soda. An example of a cocktail with such a structure is Gin Fizz.
• Collins. From fizza distinguishes only the lack of protein. An example of a cocktail with such a structure is John Collins.
• Sauer  (usually a drink with egg white): strong part, sour part and sweet part. An example of a cocktail with such a structure is Whiskey Sour.
• Martini: sturdy part decorated with a few drops of vermouth.

Any professional bartender can simply substitute the ingredients. This is how to substitute words in sentences, adding beautiful speech turns. The rest is a matter of technology and tactics. Tactics here means choosing how high-quality you cook and to whom.

Combinations

When mixing cocktails at home, pay attention to excellent proven combinations:

• wine, mint and cranberries;
• vodka and basil;
• whiskey and passion fruit;
• amaro (herbal liquor) and cherry;
• tequila, tomato and celery;
• tequila and orange.

Use for cocktails not only purchased, but also homemade syrups. This is a whole field for experimentation.

For example, from 800 g of sugar, 1 l of water and 20 g of cinnamon sticks, you can make homemade cinnamon syrup. It is ideal for the Red Neck cocktail (40 ml of House bourbon, 20 ml of cinnamon syrup, 20 ml of sauer, 100 ml of dry apple cider, 10 g of bacon for decoration).

And if 500 g of barberry sweets are poured into 500 ml of water and boiled to a liquid state, you get a bright-tasting barberry syrup. We advise you to try “Candy Tree” (50 ml of vodka, 30 ml of homemade barberry syrup, 30 ml of lemon juice, 15 ml of blackcurrant liqueur, 5 ml of pomegranate syrup).

Of the most unusual combinations, I can name our extravagant, but sophisticated drink “Crasher No. 14”. For him, we mixed banana sambuca, passion fruit puree, cream, lemon juice in a shaker and got a new hit.

  Cocktail Crasher No. 14

To repeat this cocktail at home, you will need:

• 50 ml banana sambuca;
• 20 ml passion fruit puree;
• 20 ml cream;
• 20 ml of lemon juice;
• 10 ml sugar syrup;
• whipped cream;
• cherry for decoration.

Experiments and cocktail names

To prepare delicious drinks, you need good, proven recipes. As a basis, you can take classic cocktail recipes and add something of your own.

It is very important to experiment and try even the obviously unsuccessful product. So sometimes very unusual combinations come to mind, which in the end can pleasantly surprise.

There is no exact rule for inventing a name. It’s easier to draw a mental map - everything will fall into place.

For example, we want to celebrate the birthday of the crocodile Gena in Anapa and present him a cocktail. We are looking for associations with a crocodile, with Anapa, with the sea, with a blue helicopter and ice cream. We collect identical associations from each circle and form a drink. We determine the combined ingredients and sculpt the name.

Most often, the names are far-fetched to the ingredients. This is even funny. For example, a spicy drink with ginger Ostrovsky or a cocktail with wine Innocent.

Everything else is just a play of images and words.

For example, I want the drink to be called Low Kick. A cool and fashionable name today, which came mainly from Thai boxing. A low kick is, as a rule, an inconspicuous blow that, hitting the target twice or thrice, cuts the opponent off his feet. How to tie it to a drink? Everything is simple. The drink should be slow acting, but strong. And then the game of tastes and combinations does its job.

Can you offer something better in the hot summer than a cool, refreshing milkshake? After all, this is what both children and adults love so much. Making a milkshake is not so difficult. For this we need the ingredients familiar to every housewife: milk, fruits, berries, ice cream, sugar, etc.

• Milk (before mixing with ice cream) is better to cool.
• When adding berries or fruits to a milkshake, we advise you to skip the finished mixture through a strainer. This will help get rid of the bones.
• For those who count calories and monitor their figure, we suggest using skim milk or low-fat kefir in milkshakes. Add your favorite juice or fruit (you can add an apple or kiwi, they contain very little sugar) and a low-calorie milkshake is ready.

Milkshake Recipes

We are convinced that it will not be difficult for you to come up with your own milk shake recipe. But why waste time fudging? You can use the selected recipes. They are quite simple and quick to prepare.

Learn recipes for making alcoholic cocktails using various ingredients.

When your holidays are scheduled, you always want to surprise your guests with something - an unusual dish or drinks prepared with your own hands. Most often, at the festivities, housewives cook food according to new recipes, and drinks are not given special attention.

It's a pity, because to relax guests are served alcohol. And to make it more pleasant to drink, you can prepare an original, beautifully designed, with a pleasant aroma and unusual taste.

Recipes for making tasty and simple alcoholic cocktails and their names

For a bright party, young people will not fit ordinary strong drinks, they will definitely want to try something interesting. Let's look at examples of recipes from simple alcoholic and nonalcoholic components that can be found in any supermarket.

Blue Lagoon

Recipe: Fill your glasses with ice cubes. Take 30 grams of Curacao liquor, a glass of plain carbonated unsweetened water, 60 milliliters of vodka. Mix all the ingredients, pour into glasses. Garnish the drink with fruit as your fantasy tells you.

  Blue Lagoon Cocktail

Monaco

Recipe: The drink is prepared in layers. Thick syrup is carefully poured into the bottom of a tall glass - 20-25 milliliters, beer is added in a second layer along the blade of a wide knife so that a thin stream flows down the wall into the container. 150 grams of lemonade are also poured into the third layer. Decorate a glass with fruit, insert a straw, serve guests.

  Easy to make - Monaco cocktail

Sangia

Recipe: Take fresh berries, peel them, chop. Put them in a carafe. Pour dry, red wine - one bottle into the same container. Then pour sparkling water - three hundred grams and add ice.

  Sangia cocktail with red wine

Strong alcoholic cocktails

To prepare strong cocktails, you need to add more alcohol to the drink. So, if you want to get drunk quickly, then see how to make strong strong cocktails.

Jungle juice

Recipe:  It will take one hundred milliliters of vodka, 20 milliliters of juice, pieces of fresh, fragrant fruit, ice cubes.

  Strong Cocktail - Jungle Juice

Aunt robert

Recipe: Be careful when consuming this drink, you will feel its action quickly. For this drink you will need to mix three parts of vodka, one and a half - gin, two parts of absinthe, one part of brandy, one - blackberry liquor. The cocktail consists entirely of strong drinks.

  Strong Cocktail - Robert Aunt

Recipe: The composition of this strong, masculine drink includes only vodka, beer. According to the classic recipe, you need 375 milliliters of beer, 125 grams of 40-degree vodka. Beer is poured into the bottom of the glass, after it stops foaming, vodka is poured. Drinking is recommended in large sips. You can also add ice if you wish.

  Strong drink - Ruff

Alcoholic cocktails with vodka

You can adjust the strength of the cocktails with vodka yourself. For those who like stronger cocktails, when cooking them, add more heating fluid than in the classic recipe.

James Bond Drink

Recipe: Pour two alcoholic drinks alternately into the chilled container: martini - 40 milliliters, vodka - 80 milliliters. Then mix gently, just do not shake, add the olive.

  Cocktail - Martini with Vodka

Harvey wallbanger

Recipe: Pour fifteen milliliters of Galliano liqueur, 180 milliliters of orange juice, thirty grams of vodka into a glass. Then it remains to add one cherry, a slice of lemon, a teaspoon of sugar from cane, four ice cubes.

Bloody Mary

Recipe: Pour 135 milliliters of tomato juice, fifty milliliters of vodka into a glass, add three ice cubes, one stalk of celery, three drops of Worcester sauce.

  Vodka Cocktail - Bloody Mary

Zombie:

Recipe: You will need fifteen milliliters of apricot liquor, 30 milliliters of golden rum, 75 milliliters of white and 30 milliliters of orange juice, as much vodka, mango juice, pineapple juice, 15 milliliters of dark rum. Then add a branch of mint, one slice of lime, one small spoonful of sugar from cane, a cherry.

  Cocktail - Zombies

Liquor cocktails

Below in you will see interesting cocktail recipes that include liquor.

Jack Sparrow

Recipe: In a tall glass, mix 100 milliliters of black rum, 30 milliliters of Amaretto liquor, 20 milliliters of cocoa liquor, 100 milliliters of cola. Add three ice cubes from the freezer.

  Cocktail - Jack Sparrow

Summer cocktail with liquor

Recipe: You need to peel, cut 70 grams of bananas, 100 grams of apricot (separate from the seeds, cut into cubes), add 20 grams of sugar. Then pour 130 milliliters of dry wine (white), the same amount of champagne, 70 grams of banana liquor, mix, add ice cubes from the freezer.

  Chocolate Liqueur Cocktail

Recipe: You will need to stock up on gin or cognac, chocolate liquor, cream. The following proportions will be needed per serving of the cocktail: 45 milliliters of gin, 25 milliliters of liquor (chocolate), 45 milliliters of cream.

Cocktail - Alexander

Rum cocktails

No less tasty are the cocktails with rum, then read the recipes for their preparation.

Cuba libre

Recipe:  Pour ice into a glass. Separately mix 150 milliliters of cola, 50 grams of golden rum, 10 milliliters of freshly squeezed lime juice, pour into a glass. Decorate the glass wall with lime slices .

  Cocktail Cuba Libre

Mojito

Recipe: Put chopped lime (half the fruit) in a chilled tall glass. Take 6 stalks of mint, crush a little so that its aroma can be heard and put in a container. Then add ice (crushed) and pour in light rum (60 milliliters), syrup (25 milliliters), sparkling water (50 milliliters). Mix the ingredients, the cocktail is ready.

  Cocktail - Mojito

Citrus Rum Cocktail

Recipe: For this drink you will need to grind 50 grams of green kiwi in a blender. Then add the juice from fresh orange 40 milliliters, pineapple juice - 40 milliliters, 20 milliliters of passion fruit syrup, 50 milliliters of white rum. Mix, decorate, serve with ice.

Tequila cocktails

These simple recipes for tequila cocktails are available to everyone, you just need to buy the necessary ingredients in the hypermarket and mix them.

Sunrise

Recipe: Take a tall glass, dip the ice cubes into it, pour 60 milliliters of silver tequila. Then add 140 grams of fresh orange juice, 10 milliliters of syrup (grenadine). Stir with a bar spoon, decorate, serve to guests.

  Rum Cocktail - Sunrise

Boom tequila

Recipe: Pour 60 milliliters of silver tequila, 90 milliliters of sprite into a glass. Tap the bottom of the table, repeating the word three times: Boom. Drink frothy drink it in one gulp.

  Rum Cocktail - Boom

Alcoholic cocktails with beer

On the basis of this, beloved by many, alcoholic drink, original cocktails are obtained.

Cyclist

Recipe: Pour into the shaker two components of light beer (100 milligrams), ordinary lemonade is also 100 milliliters. Mix and pour into a tall glass - garnish with lime.

  Beer and Lemonade Cocktail - Cyclist

Beer Wretch

Recipe: The name of this drink speaks for itself, this cocktail is not for women's gatherings. To prepare it, you will need to pour tomato juice (30 milliliters) mixed with 2 large tablespoons of ketchup into a beer glass, pour 200 milliliters of beer on top. And then a neat trickle of vodka (50 milliliters). You do not need to mix the contents.

  Strong cocktail - Beer villain

Beer with juice

Recipe: Mix equal amounts of cherry juice with dark beer. Add ice, serve to guests.

Cocktail - beer with cherry juice

Alcoholic cocktail with wine

Chocolate kiss

Recipe: Pour 100 milliliters of chocolate liquor, 50 milliliters of red dry wine, 100 milliliters of cream into a shaker. Mix the ingredients, pour into a tall glass, add ice. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top.

  Cocktail - Chocolate Kiss

Kalimocho

Recipe: Mix red wine (100 milliliters) with 100 milliliters of Coca-Cola. Pour ice into a tall glass, pour the drink there, decorate with lime, serve to the guests.

  Wine Cocktail - Kalimocho

Light alcoholic cocktails

Light drinks with alcohol contain a small amount of alcohol. As a rule, they are served to guests in tall glasses or tall glasses. Read the recipes for such cocktails below.

Alcoholic Milkshake

Orange milk drink

Recipe: Pour orange juice into the blender bowl - 200 milliliters, 100 milliliters of milk, 40 milliliters of milk liquor, 100 grams of ice cream. Whip the contents. Then pour it into tall glasses, you can choose any berry or a slice of orange as a decoration.

  Light, alcoholic, milkshakes

Chocolate Miracle

Recipe: Heat 200 milliliters of milk, dissolve 100 grams of chocolate and a teaspoon of sugar in it. Then chill the resulting drink. In the end, pour milk and chocolate and 50 milliliters of chocolate liquor into a tall glass of ice before serving.

  Milkshake - Chocolate Miracle

Alcoholic cocktails with juice

Italian sunset

Recipe: Take tall glasses, pour in ice cubes. First, pour Amaretto (50 milliliters) there, then 90 milliliters of juice from fresh orange and ordinary soda. At the end, add a small spoonful of Grenadine (sweet syrup).

  Cocktail with juice and Amaretto

Blueberry smoothie

Recipe: In a blender, chop 100 grams of blueberries with 1 large spoon of sugar. There we add ice and grind it until it crumbles. In a shaker, mix 200 milliliters of semi-sweet champagne and 50 milliliters of pomegranate juice. In each glass, put two tablespoons of blueberries with ice, and top with a drink from a shaker.

  Low alcohol cocktail - Blueberry

After reading the recipes for various alcoholic cocktails, you will now be able to choose which drinks you like. And you will manage to cook them yourself in order to surprise your guests (relatives, friends, colleagues) at any celebration.

Video: making an alcoholic cocktail

Milkshake is a delicious sweet treat that has undoubted benefits. It is made from milk, fruit, adding nuts, cream or yogurt if desired. Even athletes prepare a protein drink after training with a blender after pouring pieces of fruit or berries into a glass. In the summer in the heat, the best is considered a cocktail with ice cream and milk - this is a very tasty treat for kids and adolescents.

There are a lot of recipes on how to make a milkshake at home. You can use a mixer for whipping, mix products with milk in a blender, add any berries, fruits, jam, ice cream to taste. It all depends on the preferences and the availability of the house with everything you need.

The secrets of making a delicious milkshake

• Milk should be slightly cooled, not much
• It’s better to turn on the fastest whipping speed on a mixer or blender.
• Bones from berries and fruits should be removed in advance, the peel can also be peeled
• Instead of cream, you can add unsweetened yogurt, so the drink will be dietary
• Ice cream can be taken in any variety
• New tastes are obtained by mixing different ingredients, you are not afraid to experiment
• It is allowed to pour jam, juices, syrups into the mixture
• It is better to make mashed fruit first, then mix with milk

The simplest and most popular recipes on how to make a milkshake at home have long been known to experienced housewives. They need a minimum of products, in the summer they almost always have a home. The main thing is to decide to try to cook this delicious sweet treat yourself.

Simple milkshake recipes with ice cream

You will need:

• liter of milk of any fat content
• 4 cups ice cream weighing 50 grams
• any jam, for example, cherry or strawberry - a couple of spoons, you can take fresh berries

1 way

• Mix all products together with a mixer at high speed.
• Pour into glasses
• Top with a spoonful of ice cream decorated with a whole berry

2 way

• Mix washed strawberries and cream ice cream
• Pour milk, mix again in a blender
• Pour into tall glasses

3 way

• Instead of berries, take a banana
• Mix the ingredients with any appliance until thick.

At home, you can optionally sprinkle the finished drink with coconut, nuts or crushed ice crumbs, pour your favorite syrup on top, stick a long straw for convenience.

Fruit and Milkshake Recipes

For cooking, usually required:

• Mixer or blender
• Milk or cream
• Yogurt
• Fruit slices, berries

Recipe number 1

For 1 recipe you need to take:

• half a liter of milk
• 2 tablespoons fresh fat cream
• crushed ice
• glass of berries

The cooking technology is simple:

1. First crush the ice into crumbs
2. Then mix the berries, cream and half the milk
3. Mix the remaining ingredients by adding them to the mixture.
4. Pour into glasses

On top, you can decorate the foam with whipped cream, a whole berry, sprinkle with crumbs of chocolate, pieces of nuts.

Recipe number 2

For 2 recipe you need:

• half a liter of any yogurt
• 2 whole glasses of berries, fruits or 2 bananas
• 200 grams of vanilla ice cream, with additives

Making dessert is simple:

1. Mix everything with a blender
2. We decorate with berries on top, we can pour the syrup or add a spoonful of jam on the foam

Chocolate Smoothie Recipe

You will need:

• 2 cups of milk
• 2 cups chocolate ice cream
• a couple of spoons of crushed chocolate
• cream for decoration

It is prepared simply:

1. Mix everything with a mixer until foam
2. Pour into tall glasses
3. Whip the cream with a spoon of sand, spread on top

Protein Shake Recipes

To make a healthy protein drink, you need to cook a little more foods. Protein protein can be bought at the pharmacy and simply diluted with water after sports, but it is better to drink a mixture made at home.

1 way

• Mix a raw egg with a spoonful of honey and a handful of walnuts
• Pour 200 grams of kefir
• Beat with a blender or mixer

2 way

• Take 3 boiled eggs from eggs, 300 grams of milk, 100 grams of cottage cheese, a couple of spoons of your favorite jam
• Finely chop the squirrels, you can rub them
• Mix with other products with a blender

3 way

• Take a glass of milk, 100 grams of cottage cheese and a large banana
• Beat in a homogeneous mixture

Such a protein drink can be drunk before and after training, during a carbohydrate diet.

Any cocktail: milk, chocolate, protein or fruit, should be sweet, cool and taste good. You can experiment with fruits, berries, ice cream, choosing exactly your personal recipe. Such treats are especially appreciated by small children or teenagers in the heat, indulge them with a delicious dessert.