In the summer heat it's nice to drink a cold, refreshing drink. To do this, you don’t have to run to the store and buy high-calorie juice, which, moreover, is not always natural. Drinks made from cherries at home can be an excellent alternative to store-bought chemicals - for example, homemade cherry lemonade.

A moderately sweet, 100% natural, vitamin drink is best prepared in small portions and stored in the refrigerator. If you plan to consume it within an hour, then water in the list of ingredients can be replaced with carbonated mineral water. The amount of sugar in the recipe is individual.

Cherry lemonade can be made without any sugar at all, especially if the berries themselves are quite sweet. In this case, the calorie content of the drink will be reduced to a minimum.

Ingredients for homemade lemonade

If you have cherries, then the rest of the ingredients for the drink will probably be found in every kitchen. So, for cherry lemonade we will need:

• Cherry – 300 g;
• Granulated sugar – 5 tbsp;
• Lemon – 1 pc.;
• Water – 500 ml;
• Crushed ice.

Also prepare a pan, a sieve, and a jug for the ready-made drink.

How to make cherry lemonade at home - step by step recipe with photos

First you need to pour 250 ml of drinking water into the pan. Then add granulated sugar. Mix these ingredients together and bring to a boil. To prevent the sugar that has settled at the bottom of the pan from burning, the syrup should be stirred from time to time until the grains dissolve.

Without wasting time, you need to sort through the cherries, discarding damaged fruits. Then the berries should be washed and the stalks should be torn off. Place the cherries in a sieve set over a bowl and strain.

A good, juicy cherry should yield about 400 ml of juice. If it is not enough, you will need to increase the number of berries.

Add cherry pomace to boiled sugar syrup and cook for 15 minutes. Then cool completely.

Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and strain. Cut the second half.

Pour ice into a jug. Cherry lemonade will cool faster if the ice fills the container at least a quarter in height.

Pour cherry juice and strained sugar syrup into a jug.

Also add lemon juice and chopped citrus pieces.

Then fill the jug to the top with cold water (250-300 ml).

Delicious homemade cherry lemonade, prepared with your own hands, is ready. You can add some fresh or frozen cherries to it. As you can see, you can do it very quickly and you don’t need to have any special skills. Even a beginner in the kitchen can do this.

Drinks made from cherries at home will perfectly quench your thirst in the summer heat. Prepare lemonade according to this recipe and feel free to experience its refreshing properties in the heat! Bon appetit and happy summer holiday!

Cocktail cherry– natural candied cherries (see photo), which were first prepared in the 19th century. At that time, this product was used only as a decoration for cocktails. Nowadays, cocktail cherries are used to decorate not only drinks, but also many desserts.

As a rule, a special variety of cherries, “Marasca,” is used to prepare this dessert product. This type of fruit is large in size, dense in structure and dark red in color. The taste of maraschino cherries is tart. That’s why you can’t eat a lot of them fresh. After processing, cocktail cherries acquire an unusually pleasant taste, delicate aroma, bright red color and transparent texture.

Currently, cocktail cherries are considered one of the most popular decoration elements for cocktail drinks, confectionery and various desserts.

How to prepare and store at home?

There are two ways to prepare cocktail cherries at home. In the first case, it is done using alcohol. It can be used as rum, vodka, or cognac. The second option is cocktail cherries without alcohol liquid. In this case, ordinary water and natural fruit juices are used to soak the fruits.

So, to make cocktail cherries with the addition of alcohol, you first need to prepare all the necessary ingredients. For seven hundred grams of cherries, take three hundred grams of granulated sugar, one hundred and seventy milliliters of cherry juice or filtered water and two hundred and fifty milliliters of cognac, vodka or rum. The fruits are thoroughly washed, dried with napkins, and then the seeds are carefully separated from them. Cherries should remain whole as much as possible and always with the stem. After this, the cherries are tightly packed into sterilized jars, and at this time, syrup from sugar and juice (water) is prepared in a separate container. When the syrup boils, it is poured into jars with fruits. Alcohol is added there, and then everything is hermetically sealed, cooled and put in the refrigerator for two weeks to infuse. If necessary, cocktail cherries can be infused for a month. After the specified time, the soaked cherries are removed from the syrup and used for their intended purpose. The syrup that remains in the jars with the fruit can be used to soak the cakes and pour over the ice cream.

If cocktail cherries are prepared without alcohol, then the following ingredients are prepared for its production: one and a half glasses of water, half a glass of pomegranate juice, one hundred and five milliliters of lemon juice, one pinch of salt, one star anise, six hundred grams of cherries, one orange and a glass of granulated sugar. In this case, the cherry fruits are also well washed and dried. The seeds must be separated from the ingredients, but the stalks remain. After this, the prepared cherries are distributed among the jars and the syrup is prepared. Juices, water, spices and orange zest are mixed in a saucepan and brought to a boil. The fruits are completely filled with the finished aromatic liquid, after which the jars are screwed on with lids and put away in the cold for fourteen days.

In addition, food coloring is often used to soak cherries. They can color the fruit literally any color, from green to blue. Such cherry preparations often have a very attractive appearance. They manage to make even the most ordinary dessert brighter and more expressive.

You can prepare this product at home either from special maraschino cherries or from any other large cherry fruit. You can also buy cocktail cherries ready-made in canned food departments.

This product must be stored in a hermetically sealed container at a temperature from 0 to +25 degrees, and also at a humidity of no more than seventy-five percent. Under these conditions, the shelf life of cocktail cherries reaches three years, and after opening the can, the product must be used within fourteen days.

Use of cocktail cherries in cooking

The use of cocktail cherries in cooking is not limited to just decorating drinks. This wonderful fruit product can decorate absolutely any dessert. So, it’s very easy to use cocktail cherries to transform the following list of dessert dishes:

• ice cream;
• cake;
• cake;
• roll;
• cookie;
• jelly;
• fruit salad;
• yogurt;
• curd mass.

The list of desserts that can be decorated with cocktail cherries does not end here.. It is so large that it is impossible to list everything at once.

As for cocktail drinks, there is probably no such cocktail for the preparation of which this cherry could not be used as a decoration. In addition, properly candied cherry fruit also goes well with coffee drinks such as cappuccino and mochaccino.

Today, there is a huge list of delicious desserts that include cocktail cherries as the main ingredient. We will share some recipes for preparing such delicacies in the table below.

The above cocktail cherry desserts are incredibly easy to make at home. Each delicacy turns out original and very tasty!

Cocktail cherries are considered a very popular sweet product, and in such areas as cooking they are invaluable.

Cocktail cherry in a home bar is a rare occurrence. If bartenders' arsenal is a must-have at home, then cherries are usually ignored. It would seem such an insignificant detail, a touch and a trifle. You can ignore it. Meanwhile, in decent bars, a huge part of the cocktails are decorated with cherries. Some people think that this is a tribute to old-fashioned habits and, in general, you can do without decorations. Others believe that this is how bartenders gain value. Experts assure that without cherries the cocktail is not complete. It’s as if you came to a noble meeting, dressed up in a tailcoat, but forgot your bow tie.

But it’s easy to prepare it yourself. And missing the chance to make the drink complete is easy, but a crime.

There are practically no dizzying episodes in the life of a cocktail cherry. The Croats were the first to make it from a special variety of “marasca”. During Prohibition, it came to the States, where its natural sweetness was used by bartenders to mask the taste of low-quality alcohol. A little later, Americans began canning, and naturally delicious cherries left the scene. It was replaced with a cheaper chemical version. And it began to play the role not of a taste accent, but rather of decoration, “cherry on the cake.” But good bartenders don't trust canned goods; they make their own cherries.

Arthur Shusteriovas

head bartender at Duran Bar

“Cocktail cherries are a versatile garnish and a good addition to over two thousand classic cocktails. It adds a slight sweetness to the drink. Cherry is universal: you can experiment with marinades as you like. It's easy to find your own balance of flavors and aromas to complement the cocktail. For some drinks, cherries are suitable, in which sweetness and herbal aromas predominate. For others, it has fresh notes of lemon zest and a chocolate aftertaste.”

So, it's decided. It's time to get your own cherry in your home bar. The season has passed, but you can also use frozen ones, the main thing is to defrost them carefully. It is clear that industrial scale is not needed. A kilogram will be more than enough until the New Year.

I went online and turned to the universal mind. The first link took me to Wikipedia. I am inclined to trust her on general issues, but here it is... I read it, and my eyes widened. Here is a quote, you can check: “In the manufacturing process, cherries are first soaked for 4 to 6 weeks in a one percent solution of sulfur dioxide and a half percent solution of quicklime, as a result of which the berries become denser and acquire an ivory color. The cherries are then pitted, bleached again with sodium chlorite, soaked in water for 24 to 36 hours to remove bleaching agents from the pulp, and then in a sodium bisulfite solution for two weeks to give them a firm texture.” It seemed like a recipe for a cleaning agent, or worse, a subversive device. Of course, you can bribe the old chemistry teacher and get lime, sulfur dioxide and other chemicals. But sodium bisulfite finished it off. He didn't expect this. It’s scary to imagine what the gastroenterologist will say at the meeting. True, it turned out that this recipe is suitable for producing cherries on an industrial scale - but does that make it any easier?

As a result, I stayed at the screen that was on, repeating the words of Gaidai’s character: “No, I can’t do this.” I wandered, like a beggar on a train, to the bartenders with the words “Good people, help me.” They helped: they warmed me up, gave me something to drink, and told me about it. Below are the recipes.

Ekaterina Efimova

head bartender of the Latin Quarter restaurant

• Cherry - 500 g
• Maraschino liqueur - 75 ml
• Whiskey - 350 ml (instead of whiskey, you can use any strong base - rum, vodka, gin, bourbon or tequila; in my opinion, the most successful cherries are obtained with rum and whiskey)

Remove the seeds from the fruits and soak in water for 3–4 hours. If the cherries are frozen, you need to take large specimens, their appearance will ultimately be more presentable. Pour the ingredients into a jar or any other container with a lid, add a pinch of salt and stir. Close and place in a cool, dark place. In a week the cherries will be ready.

Pina colada
To prepare a tropical Pina Colada cocktail, you will need the following ingredients:

30 milliliters Bacardi Superior rum,

30 milliliters of coconut milk,

90 milliliters of pineapple juice.

Into a shaker, in which you first put ice, pour 30 milliliters of Bacardi Superior rum, 30 milliliters of coconut milk, 90 milliliters of pineapple juice, shake everything well.

Without a strainer, pour the entire tropical Pina Colada cocktail along with crushed ice into a high-ball cocktail glass.

For variety, Pina Colada can be garnished with a small slice of fresh pineapple and a cocktail cherry (cherries that are specially candied for garnishing cocktails and desserts).

Cocktail Blood and Sand

The cocktail was named after the 1922 film of the same name, which in turn was named after a book by a Spanish novelist about a bullfighter who rose from poverty to become incredibly rich and famous.

Compound:
Scotch whiskey Ballantine's - 20 ml
Orange juice - 20 ml
Cherry liqueur - 20 ml
Red vermouth - 20 ml
Orange bitters - 2 dashes

Preparation:
1. Mix all ingredients well in a mixing glass.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with maraschino cherries and orange zest.

You must have:
Mixing Glass, Jiger, Bar Spoon, Julep Strainer, Glass Saucer.

Cocktail “Soulful Kiss”

Required ingredients:
* 20 ml whiskey whiskey
* 20 ml dry vermouth
* 1.5 teaspoons orange juice
* 1.5 teaspoons wine

How to cook:
1) Place crushed ice in a shaker and gradually add all the ingredients one by one.
2) Shake well.
3) Strain the contents of the shaker into a chilled martini glass or cocktail glass.
4) You can decorate the “Soulful Kiss” cocktail with a slice of orange or a cocktail cherry.
5) A lemon twist is also good for decoration.

Citrus cocktail brandy Cherry
COMPOUND
1 medium orange
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon allspice whole berries
1/4 tsp. fresh grated nutmeg
3/4 cup cognac
1 pound cherries such as Bing, rinsed, drained, and pitted
INSTRUCTIONS
Using a vegetable knife, remove the orange peel in wide strips, making sure to avoid the white pith.
Place peel, water, sugar, allspice, and nutmeg in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature, about 40 minutes.
Place a fine mesh strainer over a container with a spout and strain the syrup. Reserve orange peel and remove remaining solids. Add brandy to syrup and stir to combine.
Place cherries in a 1-quart container with a tightfitting lid, threading orange peels all over the cherries. Pour the cherry syrup over the cognac, cover, and refrigerate at least 5 days before serving. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
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Cocktail "Bahama mama"

The presented cocktail “Bahama Mama” is the embodiment of tropical dreams, the desire to feel the gusts of the sea breeze with every cell of your body. This is a good old slowly intoxicating drink, which has been mentioned many times in the songs of various artists (for example, in the song of the group Boney M) and for which people go on a trip to the exotic Bahamas. The cocktail truly conveys the bright taste euphoria of the real tropics.

The beauty of such a drink lies in the ease of preparation at home, far from the alluring sunny everyday life of tropical islands.

15 ml coconut liqueur;
10 ml coffee liqueur;
15 ml dark rum;
10 ml light rum;
120 ml pineapple juice;
half a lemon from which we squeeze fresh juice;
in addition, you can use other fruits, for example, strawberries or cherries, to decorate the served glass more colorfully.

Place all of the above ingredients, with the exception of fruit for decoration, in a blender, where we also add ice, and mix until the whipped mass has a slightly viscous consistency. After this, the resulting mass should be shaken well. We can say that the cocktail is ready, all that remains is to pour it into glasses, decorate with pre-prepared fruits and place the straw along with the umbrella. If the cocktail is planned for two, in this situation you need to take 2 times more ingredients, cook them together, and then simply pour the drink into two glasses.
The Bahama Mama cocktail has the potential to be an excellent addition to any holiday table, especially when served with a cake. Even if there is no holiday planned, the drink itself will set the festive mood.

Cocktail “Bahama Mama”

This cocktail is simply a classic, a great tropical cocktail, in honor of which people compose songs and go to the Bahamas to sip a little Bahama mama from a glass and relax and understand that life is beautiful! At home, it’s unlikely to bring as much happiness, but it’s worth a try. Perfect for a hot summer in a hot city.

Ingredients:

10 ml coffee liqueur
15 ml dark rum
15 ml coconut liqueur
10 ml light rum
juice from half a lemon
120 ml pineapple juice
strawberries or cherries for decoration
ice

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake, pour into a glass, garnish and serve. For a double serving, simply double the amount of all ingredients.

It's good to be a prince, I guess. And certainly better than a princess. At least they don’t put peas under the feather bed.

So, perhaps, Prince Charles thought on July 26, 1958, when his proud mother, the now living British Queen Elizabeth II, placed the “prince” crown on his head.

Actually, in honor of the investiture (official introduction to the “position”) of the Prince of Wales, this cocktail was invented. It was invented, of course, by the legendary Joe Gilmore. Also a prince in his own way.
How to cook

Combine all ingredients except champagne in a shaker with ice. Filter the ice. Pour the cocktail into a tall champagne glass and top up with champagne. Do not stir or decorate.

To be fair, we note that today in bars “Prince of Wales” is prepared, as a rule, according to a different recipe: 20 g of Madeira or Muscatel, 20 g of brandy, 1-2 teaspoons of Curacao liqueur, a few drops of Angostura bitters, mix everything in a shaker. And then top up with champagne and garnish with an orange slice.
Ingredients
lemon juice - 1 part
Cherry Brandy (or Kirschwasser, morel cherry brandy) - 1 part
strawberries - 1 part
champagne - to the top
sugar - 1 tsp.

Cocktail Captain

Ingredients:
Vanilla ice cream – 3 scoops
Captain Morgan spiced rum – 1 glass
Cherry juice – 1/2 cup
Fresh cherries - for decoration

Preparation:

1. Place vanilla ice cream in a glass.
2. Add a glass of rum.
3. Pour in cherry juice.
4. Top with fresh cherries.
5. Enjoy a delicious cocktail.

Homemade "drunk cherry".

You can prepare “drunken cherries” at home. The berries are juicy with a subtle brandy aroma and are perfect for decorating desserts, homemade baked goods, and also for adding to cocktails.

Cherry - 1.8 kg (without seeds and branches)
Brandy - 8 glasses
Brown sugar - 2 cups
White cane sugar - 2 cups
Cinnamon - 2 sticks
Cloves - 2-3 pcs.

Peel the cherries, remove the stem and remove the pits. Place cherries in a large bowl.
Mix brandy and 2 types of sugar in a saucepan, add cinnamon and cloves. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and leave to simmer over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove and discard cinnamon and cloves. Pour syrup over cherries.
Stir the cherries and syrup with a wooden spoon and leave the jar in this state until the mixture cools to room temperature.
While the cherries are cooling, sterilize the jars. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and place the jars in it. Leave to simmer for about 10 minutes, remove the jars and lids from the pan. Change the water and repeat the procedure again. Allow the jars time to cool completely before filling them with cherries.
Pour the cherries into jars, close the lid tightly and refrigerate for at least 4 weeks. Can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a year.

Champagne for the New Year - traditional, but banal?
Do you want to surprise your guests? Then prepare bright and tasty cocktails!
10 NEW YEAR COCKTAILS WITH CHAMPAGNE:

1. Cocktail “Drunk Santa Claus”.
To prepare this champagne cocktail, you will need a thin glass. Pour a teaspoon of raspberry liqueur and a similar portion of cherry liqueur into the bottom of the glass. Gently swirl the glass so that its inner walls are completely covered with liqueur. Happened?! So it's time to carefully pour in the champagne. There is no need to stir. The cocktail can be consumed immediately.

2. Cocktail "Snow Maiden".
To prepare this cocktail you will need a thin glass, orange juice, orange liqueur and any champagne. Pour 15 milliliters of liqueur, 45 ml of orange juice, and then 125 ml of champagne into the bottom of the glass. There is no need to stir. If you want to reduce the alcohol in this champagne cocktail, you can use a 1:1 ratio of juice and sparkling wine.

3. Cocktail "Snowman".
Pour 45 ml of apricot brandy into a glass of any shape, and then 130 ml of champagne. The cocktail should be served chilled.

4. Cocktail "Christmas tree".
Pour 30 ml of Poiret William liqueur, 30 ml of Midori melon liqueur, 150 ml of chilled champagne into a wine glass.

5. Cocktail "Sparklers".
To make one serving of this champagne cocktail, you will need 45 ml Blue Curacao liqueur and 140 ml chilled champagne. Everything is mixed in the drinking process using a straw.

6. Cocktail with champagne “New Year’s Blues”
Prepares for eight servings. You will need 200 ml of juice (peach), fresh peaches cut into slices, and 1 bottle of champagne of any type. Everything needs to be poured into glasses in equal portions and garnished with thin slices of fruit.

7. Cocktail "Bullfinches".
For 1 serving you need 50 ml of gin, juice of 1 lemon, 130 ml of chilled champagne and a teaspoon of sugar. Mix sugar, ice cubes, lemon juice and gin in a shaker and pour into a glass, fill with champagne and treat your guests.

8. Cocktail "Lemon".
Combine a piece of granulated sugar, the juice of one lemon and chilled champagne in a thin glass, decorated with a slice of lemon.

9. Cocktail “Cherry on the snow”.
Combine 25 ml of sherry in a thin glass with cold champagne or sparkling wine and garnish with a cherry.

10. Cocktail "Clapperboard".
100 ml light beer, 25 ml fresh pineapple juice and 100 ml champagne, mix carefully and serve.

COCKTAIL "BAHAMA MAMA".

The drink recipe includes the following ingredients:

1) 15 ml coconut liqueur
2) 10 ml coffee liqueur
3) 15 ml dark rum
4) 10 ml light rum
5) 120 ml pineapple juice
6) half a lemon, from which we squeeze fresh juice
7) in addition, you can use other fruits, for example, strawberries or cherries, to decorate the served glass more colorfully

Place all of the above ingredients, with the exception of fruit for decoration, in a blender, where we also add ice, and mix until the whipped mass has a slightly viscous consistency. After this, the resulting mass should be shaken well. We can say that the cocktail is ready, all that remains is to pour it into glasses, garnish with pre-prepared fruits and place the straw along with the umbrella. If the cocktail is planned for two, in this situation you need to take 2 times more ingredients, cook them together, and then simply pour the drink into two glasses.

Cocktail Fireworks A delicious airy drink for a fun holiday! Try making this cocktail - both adults and children will love it!

We will need:
Milk - 1 glass,
Ice cream - 300 g,
Cream - 150 ml,
Frozen cherries with juice - 200 ml,
Sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon,
Colored sprinkles.

Chop the ice cream, add cherries, beat with a mixer.

Add milk, cherry juice, beat with a mixer.

Beat chilled cream with sugar until thick.

Pour the cocktail into a glass, put cream on top. Decorate the cream with colored sprinkles.

Serve the cocktail with a straw and decorative peaks.

Cocktail Whiskey sour

Compound:
American whiskey - 40 ml
Sugar syrup - 20 ml
Lemon juice - 20 ml

Preparation:
1. Pour whiskey, sugar syrup and lemon juice into a shaker.
2. Fill a shaker with ice cubes and shake.
3. Strain through a strainer into a cocktail glass.
4. Immerse the cocktail cherry in the glass.

You must have:
Cocktail glass, Boston shaker, Jiger, Scoop, Strainer.

Interesting facts about the Whiskey Sour cocktail:
In 1862, Jerry Thomas published the book “The Bartender's Handbook,” where he first listed the composition of the Whiskey Sour cocktail.

"PINA COLADA".

Ingredients:
crushed ice
3/10 light rum
2/10 coconut liqueur (Malibu)
5/10 pineapple juice
For decoration:
1 cherry for cocktails
pineapple slice

Place crushed ice in a shaker, add light rum, coconut liqueur and pineapple juice. Shake lightly to combine. Strain into a large glass and garnish with cherries and pineapple slices.

Cocktail Brooklyn

Another New York star

Compound:
American whiskey - 50 ml
Red vermouth - 15 ml
Sour cherry liqueur - 5 ml
Angostura (bitter) - 2 dashes
Cherry - 1 piece
Amer Picon - 5 ml

Preparation:
1. Mix all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
3. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

You must have:
Bar spoon, Cocktail glass, Jiger, Julep strainer, Mixing glass, Scoop.

Interesting facts about the Brooklyn cocktail:
A classic cocktail, which, however, is less famous than the Manhattan cocktail.

Milkshake Recipes
#Recipes

-milk - 200 g
-creamy ice cream - 50 g
-syrup

-milk - 600 g
-currants - 250 g
-vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
-sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons
-egg yolk - 1 pc.

3. Cherry cocktail

-milk - 2 cups
- ice cream - 200 g
- pitted cherries - 100 g

- banana - 1 pc.
- pitted cherries - 20 pcs.
-cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. spoon
-milk - 1/2 cup
-vanilla ice cream - 400 g


When serving, pour the cocktail into chilled glasses, garnish with a slice of banana and a cherry.

Milkshake Recipes

Milkshake Recipes

1. Milkshake with ice cream
-milk - 200 g
-creamy ice cream - 50 g
-syrup
Beat milk and syrup in a mixer until fluffy, then add ice cream and beat for another 1-2 minutes.
Serve immediately in tall glasses.

2. Milkshake with currants
-milk - 600 g
-currants - 250 g
-vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
-sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons
-egg yolk - 1 pc.
Mix washed currants, sugar, 3 parts milk with a mixer until smooth. Add the remaining milk, egg yolk, vanilla sugar and mix. Pour the finished cocktail into glasses.
You can decorate with currants and cookies.

3. Cherry cocktail
- cherry syrup - 3 tbsp. spoons
-milk - 2 cups
- ice cream - 200 g
- pitted cherries - 100 g
Combine milk, ice cream, cherry syrup and beat with a blender.
Place the cherries in glasses and pour over the cocktail.

4. Cocktail “Banana and Cherry”
- banana - 1 pc.
- pitted cherries - 20 pcs.
-cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. spoon
-milk - 1/2 cup
-vanilla ice cream - 400 g
Cut the banana into cubes, setting aside a few slices for decoration.
Also leave a few cherries for decoration, combine the rest with banana, cocoa, milk and grind in a blender into a homogeneous mass. Add ice cream, stir.
When serving, pour the cocktail into chilled glasses, garnish with a slice of banana and a cherry.

5. Strawberry smoothie
- strawberries - 300 g
-milk - 500 g
-sugar - 2 teaspoons
- strawberry syrup - 1 tbsp. spoon
-vanilla ice cream - 120 g
Crush 150 g of berries, add milk, sugar, then the remaining berries.
Pour the cocktail into glasses, add a little strawberry syrup and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream to each.

A milkshake at home is a wonderful dessert that will not leave anyone indifferent. Even people who don't like milk enjoy this sweet, cold drink.

Why do they love cocktails so much and how many types of them are there? Let's try to figure it out!

Only benefit!

The beneficial properties of milk are known to everyone. From early childhood, all children are taught that it is impossible to think of a better start to the day than drinking a glass of fresh milk.

And since a milkshake certainly contains milk, the usefulness of this drink is automatically equal to it.

Milk has a beneficial effect on processes occurring in the body, strengthens nails, hair, and teeth.

The cocktail is extremely healthy, because in addition to the milk it contains with a whole range of nutrients, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, this drink may also contain fruits or juices from them.

And we all know that fruits are a storehouse of vitamins that enter the human body. It is pleasant to eat fruits fresh, and adding them to milk gives the drink an incredible aroma, taste and color.

Milkshake at home: what could be easier?

Of course, milk drinks prepared in a cafe or other establishment are very tasty and beautifully decorated.

They attract the eye with their original presentation.

If you can’t go to a cafe, but you have a great desire to enjoy a cocktail, you can easily prepare it in your own kitchen.

To prepare the drink you will need some kitchen equipment and products:

1. Blender or mixer;
2. Milk;
3. Ice cream;
4. Fruit, syrup or jam;
5. A tube, umbrella or other decorations.

Classic recipe

Before cooking, you should let the ice cream melt a little and the milk warm up, then they will whip well and form a thick foam.

When preparing a milk shake, you need to pour milk and put ice cream in a blender, beat the ingredients at high speed, pour into a beautiful glass, place an umbrella or skewer in it and you can drink. A beautifully presented glass, decorated with an original element, will give the cocktail a special taste.

The ratio of ingredients in the cocktail can be changed depending on personal wishes. Perhaps someone prefers to drink a thick, stretchy drink, then they need to add more ice cream than milk. And lovers of a light liquid shake can add the ingredients of the cocktail in a 1:2 ratio.

Milk drink with ice cream - an excellent taste solution

There are a huge number of options for making cocktails from milk with ice cream. One of the most popular is the cherry cocktail. This option will appeal to children and adults. Let's start cooking!

Cherry

The ingredients for the cherry drink are simple (for 4 people):

• 0.5 l of milk;
• 300 grams of ice cream;
• 200 grams of fresh or frozen cherries.

Milk and ice cream should warm up a little. Wash fresh cherries and remove pits; allow frozen berries to thaw. Pour milk into a mixer bowl, add ice cream, cherries, beat all products with a blender or mixer and pour into glasses, decorate to your liking.

Coffee

An excellent option for a delicious drink would be a cocktail with added coffee. This dessert has a rich taste, but is not recommended for children. Adults will like the bold decision - combining milk with coffee.

Ingredients for a coffee shake for 4 people:

• 400 g milk;
• 200 grams of ice cream;
• 200 grams of freshly brewed coffee or instant drink;
• Sugar - to taste.

Place milk and coffee into a blender, add ice cream, and mix the ingredients well at high speed.

If the cocktail lacks sweetness, you can add sugar.

You can make a shake with regular instant coffee from a jar. This option is quick and convenient, but it is not suitable for lovers of the real aroma of grains.

For this version of the drink, you can take not an ordinary white ice cream, but a coffee one, then the cocktail will turn out to be more original.

We offer you to watch a video on how to prepare a coffee and milkshake at home in these two ways:

Fruit shake made from milk

You can diversify the sweet table with cocktails with added fruits or berries.

Below are recipes for drinks with the most affordable fruits at any time of the year.

Banana

This is a very tasty drink and one of the best combinations of milk and fruit.

However, you should remember that such a banana cocktail must be drunk immediately, otherwise, when it sits, the banana will darken and the drink will no longer be snow-white. Although this may not happen if you first sprinkle the banana slices with lemon.

Ingredients for banana cocktail for 4 servings:

• 500 g milk;
• 300 grams of ice cream;
• 1 banana.

Cool the milk and ice cream, cut the banana into pieces. Pour milk into the bowl of a mixer or blender, add ice cream and banana pieces, mix at high speed. The result is a tasty and sweet drink.

Now let's see in the video how to make a banana milkshake at home with the addition of kiwi:

With strawberries and mint

For this cocktail you will need:

• 0.5 liters of milk (for 4 servings);
• 300 grams of ice cream;
• 250 g strawberries;
• Sprigs of mint.

Wash fresh strawberries and let frozen ones thaw. Crush a few mint leaves in a mortar or finely chop.

Beat milk, ice cream, berries and mint in a blender. Pour the shake into glasses, garnish each with a mint leaf. A delicious aromatic drink with notes of freshness will invigorate and satiate you well.

Apple-nut

Includes:

Apples must be peeled and cut into slices, nuts must be chopped. Mix milk, ice cream, apple slices, crushed nuts and a spoonful of honey in a blender bowl. Pour into glasses and serve, garnished with a slice of apple and a pinch of nuts.

Nuts can be walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds. They harmoniously emphasize the taste of the apple shake.

Raspberry and avocado shake

• 0.3 liters of milk (for 2 servings);
• 200 grams of ice cream;
• A handful of raspberries;
• 100 g cream;
• 1 avocado.

Peel the avocado, remove the pit, cut into pieces and puree. Place all ingredients into a blender bowl: milk, ice cream, raspberries, cream, avocado pieces. You need to leave a few raspberries for decoration.

Whisk the entire contents of the bowl at high speed and serve by placing raspberries on top of the cocktail. The subtle taste of this drink will not leave anyone indifferent; sweet raspberries and the delicate oily texture of avocado will give it an incredible taste.

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A chocolate drink made from milk is a sweet tooth's dream!

Chocolate increases the level of the happiness hormone, and a cocktail with this sweetness will lift your spirits and give you a lot of taste emotions. For this miracle drink you need:

• 400 grams of milk (for 4 persons);
• 250 grams of ice cream;
• 100 g cream;
• 1 chocolate bar or dry chocolate drink mix.

To make a chocolate milkshake at home, you first need to melt the chocolate in a water bath, but you can also do this in a regular microwave. Prepare a drink from the dry mixture according to the instructions.

Place the milk, ice cream and cream in a blender and blend at high speed. Then add chocolate to the mixture and beat again. The cocktail is ready, pour it into a serving glass, you can decorate it with grated chocolate, a beautiful umbrella or straw, and add a cinnamon stick.

An excellent solution would be to add banana or nuts to the chocolate shake. For this drink for 2 people you will need:

• 150 g milk;
• 100 grams of ice cream;
• 50 g cream;
• Half 1 banana;
• A handful of nuts;
• Half 1 chocolate bar.

Place the chocolate in a water bath and melt it, then cool. Cut the banana into small pieces, chop the nuts with a knife.

Place milk, ice cream, cream, banana pieces, chocolate and nuts into a container and beat with a mixer. With such a set of ingredients you will get a bold and original taste.

You can come up with many options for a cocktail with chocolate, the main thing is not to overdo it with the ingredients and choose them wisely so that they do not interrupt each other’s taste. Now watch how to make a milkshake with cocoa called “Bounty”:

A cocktail without ice cream also has a right to exist

If you really want to drink a milkshake, but your figure comes first, you can prepare a drink at home without ice cream, then it will be less high in calories.

And if you choose low-fat kefir, yogurt, milk or milk with a small percentage of fat, you will get a wonderful, refreshing milk shake.

With cocoa and cherries

A delicious milkshake at home without ice cream, but with cocoa and cherries, includes:

It is necessary to pour the milk into a whipping container, add cocoa, cherries, and grated chocolate. Beat the ingredients at high speed with a blender for 2-3 minutes, then add ice and beat again for 20 seconds.

Pour the finished drink into a tall glass and drink immediately so that the ice does not have time to melt.

With raspberries

For a drink with raspberries for 2 people you need the following set of products:

• 300 grams of low-fat kefir;
• 200 g raspberries;
• Sugar to taste.

You need to load the raspberries into the blender bowl, add low-fat kefir to it and beat. Add sugar to taste, pour into glasses and enjoy.

This drink is an excellent solution for people watching their figure.

If suddenly there is not a single berry or fruit at home, completely ordinary jam will help out. Surely at least a jar is present in every home.

You can use it to make a wonderful milkshake.

A cocktail with jam is a budget option for a wonderful dessert.

Lovers of a delicious drink can be advised to follow some recommendations aimed at properly preparing a cocktail:

1. The milk in the shake should be chilled, then it will combine well with other products. If you need to count calories, it is better to choose a low-fat product and not add ice cream;
2. It is better to let the ice cream melt; when whipped, you will get a beautiful, appetizing foam;
3. Ice cream without additives will harmonize well with milk and other toppings. An exception, perhaps, is coffee ice cream; you can use it to make a cocktail with the addition of coffee or chocolate;
4. For the drink, you should choose sweet, ripe fruits and berries, otherwise their sour taste will not go well with the milky taste;
5. Berries and fruits must be washed before use and preferably pureed, then preparing the cocktail will take less time and effort;
6. A milkshake is a drink that should be consumed immediately. This is due to the fact that the fruits included in its composition can change their color to a less attractive one. Fruit acids tend to oxidize dairy products, so even short-term storage of the drink can affect its freshness;
7. The cocktail needs to be decorated. Firstly, it will give it a beautiful and appetizing look, and secondly, it will help you feel not in an ordinary home environment, but in a chic place where a professional bartender treats you to a wonderful drink. Plastic and paper tubes, umbrellas and skewers, slices of fruit and handfuls of berries, grated chocolate, chopped nuts, coconut flakes, a vanilla stick, mint and even beautifully twisted citrus zest give room for imagination when decorating a glass with a shake.

To enjoy a wonderful milkshake, you don’t need to leave the house, just look in your refrigerator, select the necessary products and use your imagination, then you will get a wonderful signature drink. The setting for drinking the drink is not important, the main thing is the mood and inspiration with which it will be prepared.

Finally, we would like to present you with video recipes for very unusual milkshakes. You've never had anything this delicious, believe me! Here they are: