How to make milkshakes with a mixer?
Why buy expensive milkshakes in a cafe when you can find a mixer in every house and make a drink with it? Not only is a homemade cocktail a more budget-friendly product, but it also gives you the opportunity to show your imagination, include your favorite ingredients in the drink, and use only high-quality fresh products. Consider the features of preparing a milkshake using a mixer.
Cooking rules
Most housewives associate a mixer with dough. With this device, you can prepare air puree, crush the solid particles of the workpiece, make the future dish soft and tender.
The old proven technique will also help in the preparation of a milkshake, and no matter what type of mixer is available - a Soviet model or a modern model, the device is able to cope with cooking no worse than a blender.
Usually the presented dish is made from milk, ice cream, fruits and berries. The rules for preparing a drink do not differ much from the classic nuances when working with a blender.
- Use all the same products that are added to the drink when preparing with a blender.
- It is advisable to chill all ingredients before cooking, especially milk.
- Soften the ice cream slightly before adding it to the mixer bowl.
- Beat the products at the fastest possible speed to get an airy foam, characteristic of a classic milkshake.
- It is recommended to chop berries and fruits a little in advance.The same rule applies to ice, as not every model of mixer is able to handle solid particles.
- When adding ice, stir it well until it is completely dissolved.
As for the sequence of actions, then when working with a mixer, it is better to beat fruits and berries with sugar first, add milk and syrup to the resulting slurry and mix again. Using this principle, the hostess will receive a light airy milkshake without the presence of random bones and poorly crushed particles.
Recipes
Explore popular milkshake recipes that you can make at home with a mixer.
Strawberry
We will need:
- creamy ice cream - 160 g;
- milk 3.2% - 240 ml;
- fresh strawberries to taste.
Cooking won't take long.
- Take the ice cream out of the waffle cup, place it in a bowl and let it thaw a little for half an hour.
- Rinse the strawberries well, free from petioles, dry the berries.
- Place the milk in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Put all the products in the mixer bowl and turn on the device at full speed. Beat the future drink to a fluffy consistency.
- If the cocktail turned out to be too dense, then pour in a little more chilled milk and whisk again.
- Garnish with grated chocolate or fresh berries before serving.
Mint
Prepare the following ingredients:
- milk 150 - ml;
- ice cream 150 - g;
- mint syrup 30 - ml;
- sprig of mint for decoration;
- whipped cream.
It is important to follow the sequence of actions.
- Soften ice cream and refrigerate milk.
- Pour all ingredients into the bowl.
- Beat the mixture with a mixer at full speed until foam appears.
- Garnish the resulting drink with a cap of whipped cream and a sprig of mint.
Banana coffee
Products:
- banana - 1 pc., even blackened fruit can be used;
- instant coffee - 1 tsp;
- milk - 0.5 tbsp.;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
- ice cream - 120 g.
Cooking is easy to deal with.
- Chop the banana with a knife and mix with the melted ice cream. Beat the substance with a mixer.
- Dissolve coffee in warm water (2 tablespoons) and add it to the slurry obtained above.
- Pour chilled milk into the mixture, add honey and beat for a few minutes.
Recommendations
Here are some tips for making milky fruit drinks.
- Not every mixer is able to grind bones, therefore, before laying in the bowl, pass the berries and fruits through a strainer, which will save the future cocktail from small grains.
- If the hostess cares about her figure and health, then it is allowed to use skimmed milk, low-fat kefir, fermented baked milk or yogurt. Additional products can be low-calorie apples and kiwi - they contain little sugar. Beat all the products with a mixer - a light healthy fat-free cocktail is ready!
- Try not to use citrus ingredients and sour apples in your drink. When mixed with milk, these products can cause a violent bowel reaction and spoil the impression of drinking a cocktail.
- For decoration use coconut flakes, cocoa, chopped nuts, mint, beautifully cut slices of fresh fruit.
As we see, You don't have to own a blender to make a delicious, refreshing smoothie. In addition, experienced housewives recommend getting a special mixer for making cocktails - it will simplify the task even more. Outwardly, the device looks more like a blender, it is equipped with a rotating element with a disk attachment from below.The wavy edges help to create vertical vibrations when whipping and thoroughly mix the products for the drink.
The classic bowl of a specialty mixer holds about five cups of liquid. The equipment is used not only for cocktails, but also for other dishes in which milk liquids are used. When using this mixer, the ingredients can be left unblended, and the leak-proof design helps to avoid splashes. In order for a delicious white foam to appear on the cocktail, it is enough to beat the mixture for 30-120 seconds.
When using this technique, it is advisable to first fill the bowl with liquid ingredients, and only then add solid products.
How to prepare a delicious milkshake with a mixer, see the following video.