There are many ways to make a cocktail at home. Today we will look at several recipes that include simple and affordable products.
How to make a cocktail in a blender?
With the onset of summer heat, you always want to enjoy something cold and at the same time very tasty. A milkshake is ideal for this . After all, such a drink can not only cool the body, but also saturate it with useful elements.
Cooking a classic milkshake
So, you do not know how to make a cocktail yourself? Of course, first you need to purchase the following ingredients:
- creamy ice cream, and preferably ice cream - 500 g;
- fresh milk of low fat content - 1 faceted glass.
Cooking process
As you can see, a classic milk drink does not include many outlandish ingredients. And from this he does not become tasteless, rather, on the contrary.
There are no special secrets of how to make a cocktail in a blender, but there are some nuances. Before mixing the products, soak creamy ice cream or ice cream at room temperature. This is necessary so that it melts slightly, and it can be easily whipped into a sweet mass. After the ice cream becomes soft, it should be put in a blender bowl and pour fresh milk of low fat content into the same container. Next, you need to close the lid of the device and beat the contents of the dishes at maximum speed. As a result of such actions, you should get a uniform cold drink with milk froth on the surface. It should be poured into tall glass goblets and served immediately with a straw.
Berry cocktail "Summer Wonder"
Almost everyone knows how to make a delicious cocktail. But not everyone knows that such a drink can be made using a variety of different berries, which, with the onset of summer, become especially popular among summer residents.
To prepare a delicious berry assortment for your children, you should prepare in advance:
- icing sugar - 2 large spoons;
- fresh milk of low fat content (use cold) - 3 cups;
- fresh strawberries - ½ cup;
- fresh raspberries - ½ cup;
- blueberries - ½ cup;
- plums - 3 pcs.
Making a drink
Having learned how to make a cocktail using berries, you won’t fail, of course, do it. But do not forget to wash them thoroughly before doing so. Then, in the blender's container, it is necessary to put strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and plums, as well as powdered sugar and fresh low-fat milk, in turn. Beating all the ingredients at high speed, you get a bright and very tasty drink. It should be poured into glasses, the edges of which can later be decorated with the remaining pieces of berries.
How to make a homemade smoothie with fruits and honey?
To make such a cooling and healthy drink, you should prepare:
- ice cream - 70 g;
- maximum ripe banana - 1 pc.;
- pear of maximum softness - 1 pc.;
- fresh floral honey - 3 large spoons;
- ground cinnamon - for sprinkling;
- cold milk of low fat content - 5 glasses.
Making a fruit smoothie
To prepare such a drink, put slices of a banana and a soft pear in a blender bowl, previously peeled from the peel and seed box, as well as fresh flower honey. Further, all the ingredients must be poured with cold milk of low fat content and whipped at maximum speed. In conclusion, the finished cocktail should be poured into glasses, and sprinkled with ground cinnamon.
Orange Splash Drink
How to make a cocktail? It should be noted that there are no special rules for creating such a drink. The main thing is that it contains a sufficient amount of milk or any other liquid, as well as sugar (syrup) or honey and other components.
Some housewives love to make cocktails using freshly squeezed juices. Especially popular is the drink "Orange Splash." To create it you will need:
- cold milk of low fat content - 3 cups;
- sweet oranges - 4 pcs.;
- icing sugar - add at discretion.
Cooking process
To make such a drink, you should wash the sweet oranges, and then carefully squeeze the juice out of them. After that, it is necessary to pour it into the blender bowl along with cold fresh milk. Pouring the necessary amount of powdered sugar to the ingredients, they should be well beaten at maximum speed. The resulting drink is very tasty and has a pronounced aroma of citrus.
Vegetable smoothie
If your child does not like fresh vegetables, and they are extremely necessary for him, then you can give them in the form of a tasty and nutritious drink. This will require:
- fresh juicy carrots - 3 pcs.
- cold milk of low fat content - 3 cups;
- linden honey - 3 large spoons.
How to cook?
Before preparing a cocktail with carrots, the vegetables should be washed, peeled, and then grated on the smallest grater and squeezed all the juice out of them. Next, the resulting drink must be poured into the bowl of the device along with fresh milk and put linden honey. Beating all the components at maximum speed, you will get not only a very tasty, but also a healthy product that your child will not be able to refuse.
By the way, instead of carrots, it is allowed to use juices squeezed from other vegetables or fruits (beets, apples, pomegranates, etc.) to make such a cocktail.
Refreshing mint drink
To prepare such a drink should prepare:
- several sprigs of fresh mint;
- half lime or lemon;
- a couple of dessert spoons of powdered sugar;
- mineral sparkling or still water;
- crushed ice cubes (add as desired).
Process of creation
Such a refreshing drink does not require the use of a blender. To prepare it, you should take a large glass, put in it several sprigs of fresh mint, thin slices of lime or lemon, as well as a couple of dessert spoons of powdered sugar. Next, all of these components must be ground in a mortar so that aromatic juice completely leaves them. At the end, it is required to pour mineral carbonated or non-carbonated water to the resulting mass. If the street is unbearable heat, then in such a drink, you can additionally put crushed ice cubes.