How to make a coconut milk shake?
Cocktails with coconut milk, even in cool weather, can remind you of a hot summer. In addition, they are not only delicious, but also very healthy, especially when prepared using plant-based coconut milk. Next, we will take a closer look at the features of making non-alcoholic coconut cocktails, consider popular and easy recipes, and also learn the intricacies of making author's smoothies and some secrets from experts.
Cooking features
All cocktails based on coconut milk are considered very beneficial for the human body. Usually, they require a minimum of inventory and ingredients to prepare them. Most often, when preparing air drinks, blenders, shakers, and sometimes mixers are used.
Mostly, non-alcoholic coconut milk cocktails are of great benefit, since they contribute to accelerated digestion and normalization of the digestive tract, moreover, they contain a lot of microelements useful for the body. To retain all of these benefits when making a smoothie, it is best to use proven plant-based milk made from real nut pulp.
When preparing, it is best to purchase canned milk, which, after opening, is stored for no more than 2 days, it is considered the most useful and, as a rule, there are few harmful impurities in it. Ideally, the composition should be processed coconut pulp, water and nothing else.
Popular Recipes
Today there is a huge variety of cocktail recipes using coconut milk, let's look at some classic variations and author's recipes.
Milk Coconut Ice Cream Shake
Prepare as ingredients:
- regular milk and coconut milk - both 200 ml each;
- vanilla ice cream - a small briquette;
- sugar - two tbsp. l. (can be replaced with honey).
The preparation of the recipe takes no more than 3 minutes. All ingredients must be put in a blender and beat well until a fluffy foam is formed. If desired, crushed ice can be added to the blender and blended again. Pour the resulting mixture into glasses.
Banana Coconut Milkshake
As ingredients you will need:
- coconut milk - 150-200 ml;
- pineapple juice - 150-200 ml;
- 1 banana;
- a teaspoon of sugar;
- ginger - half a teaspoon;
- ground cinnamon - half a teaspoon;
- lemon - a small slice.
Before you start preparing the recipe, you should cool the juice and milk.
- To begin with, it is recommended to decorate tall glasses beautifully. To do this, mix sugar, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl. Gently run a lemon slice along the edges of the glasses and dip them into the sugar-ginger mixture. Thus, you get a beautiful sugar rim around the edges.
- Put a pre-peeled and chopped banana in a blender container.
- Pour the banana with milk and juice in the right amount.
- Whisk everything well until foamy. Pour into prepared glasses.
At the end, you can decorate glasses with milkshake with whipped cream, a slice of pineapple, lemon, strawberries or a cherry.
Cocktail "Exotic"
For it we need:
- papaya - 100-150 grams;
- 1 banana;
- coconut milk - 200-250 grams;
- sugar - one tsp (you can use reed);
- 1 small lime;
- crushed ice.
Recipe step by step.
- Fruits must be peeled and cut into cubes.
- Put everything in a container for a blender and add crushed ice, and also pour in milk in the required amount.
- Whisk everything well. Pour the resulting cocktail into glasses, decorate it with lime slices and lime zest.
Sweet mango pulp can be used instead of papaya.
Strawberry milkshake with coconut and ice cream
Prepare as ingredients:
- coconut milk - 200-250 ml;
- frozen strawberries - 100 grams;
- powdered sugar - about 100 g;
- cow's milk, but you can replace it with vegetable milk, for example, vanilla - 100 ml;
- ice cream ice cream or vanilla - 2 briquettes of 150 g each;
- shredded coconut and fresh raspberries are sure to come in handy for garnish.
Step by step recipe.
- First you need to use a blender to crush the frozen strawberries until strawberry puree is obtained.
- Then add two types of milk, coconut flakes and ice cream to the resulting puree. Beat everything well, then add about half of the powdered sugar and beat everything again. The rest of the powdered sugar should be added later to taste, so as not to make the milkshake too cloying.
- Ready milkshake should be carefully poured into glasses. You can decorate it with whipped cream, coconut and berries.
coconut smoothie
For adherents of proper nutrition, experts have created a coconut smoothie recipe with which you can experiment in every possible way by adding healthy ingredients to it. Consider one of the classic versions, which will require:
- 1 medium banana;
- frozen berries (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, currants) - 1 cup, you can use any berry mix;
- oatmeal or granola - about half a glass;
- coconut milk 200 ml;
- sugar to taste, you can use honey.
Frozen berries should be poured into a blender container, pour milk into them, add sugar and cereal. Beat everything until smooth. You can also add healthy chia seeds to smoothies.
Helpful Hints
The most delicious are tropical cocktails, which include coconut and pineapple at the same time. As well as coconut smoothies, which, in combination with cereal or granola, can replace a full nutritious breakfast, they are especially loved by those who play sports. Healthy smoothies perfectly satisfy hunger during training. In those recipes where you need to use pineapple juice, it is quite possible to take multifruit, it also goes well with coconut.
For an amazingly flavored cocktail, instead of the usual cow's milk, you can add almond milk to coconut milk, after which there is a very pleasant aftertaste. And such cocktails with double milk can be decorated with coconut flakes and almond petals. Coconut-based ice cream or shavings can be added to cocktails to enhance the taste and aroma. You can also use pre-made toppings.
See the video for the recipe for a cocktail with coconut milk and cherries.