.:: 15.06.2010

Hot summer has arrived. On weekends, many relax by sipping a cold beer. I suggest that instead of beer, try making a berry cocktail that is good for your health and quenches your thirst. Moreover, the first berries will appear very soon: strawberries, strawberries, raspberries. Of course, berries go well, both with other products (cream, for example), and without everything, however, making a cocktail on your own should be a very exciting experience.

Fruit and berry cocktails

The main ingredient of such cocktails, designed to quench thirst, is berry juice or water. You can prepare the simplest recipe: throw two slices of lemon and a teaspoon of sugar into a glass of water - this is a cocktail.

But more sophisticated options contain more components:

• any fruits and berries,
• mineral water, still water or ice

Milkshakes with fruits

There are many options for milkshakes; most often, cocktails are invented on the fly: you open the refrigerator... and what your eye falls on.

But there are time-tested, almost classic cocktails with milk and fruit.

Banana cocktail recipe

• 1 banana
• 2 glasses of milk
• 1 ice cream sundae

Kiwi cocktail recipe

• 1 kiwi
• 1 apple
• 400 g ryazhenka

Cocktail recipe with berries and cream

• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 cup blackberries
• 2 cups 10% cream

Cocktail recipe with berries and kefir

• 1 cup any berries
• 2 cups kefir 3% fat
• 1 tbsp. spoon of oat bran

Cocktail recipe with berries and ice cream

• 1 cup raspberries
• 1 ice cream sundae
• 1 cup milk

Berry-chocolate cocktail recipe

• 1 cup berries
• 5 milk chocolate
• 1 glass of milk

Grate the chocolate on a fine grater, beat with milk and berries.

Caramel cocktail recipe

• 1 apple
• ½ banana
• 3 caramels
• 2 glasses of milk

Lightly freeze the caramel in the freezer and crush it with a masher or mortar. Mix all ingredients in a blender and only then add caramel.

Cocktail with biscuit

• 20 g biscuit (muffins or homemade)
• 1 cup berries
• 1.5 cups cream
• 2 tbsp. spoons of ice cream

Place a biscuit cut into cubes (1x1 cm) on the bottom of a cocktail glass, then ice cream. Beat the berries separately with cream and pour on top of the ice cream.

Milkshake with cinnamon

• 1 glass of milk
• ¼ spoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1 cup blueberries

How to make cocktails

The technology for making cocktails depends on what equipment you have in your kitchen. Traditionally, everything is mixed in a blender. The type of blender doesn't matter, anyone can do it.

If you don’t have a blender, you can grind fruits and berries using a grater or sieve. It is important to remember here that metal destroys vitamins, not completely, but partially. Therefore, it is better to use a plastic grater and a sieve with a non-metallic mesh.

If you don't have anything on hand, just mash everything with a fork.

When adding bran, you need to carefully mix the cocktail while adding it so that the bran does not stick together into a lump. And the bran is poured into the cocktail first, then the fruit.

If you add cereal flakes to a cocktail, it is better not to take raw ones straight from the pack, but to first dry them in a frying pan so that they crisp up slightly.

Ice cream is added to cocktails in different ways. Usually it is mixed (beaten) immediately in a blender along with fruits and berries. But you can not whip some of the ice cream, but form a ball with a special spoon and decorate the finished cocktail with it, placing it on top.

How to decorate a cocktail

You need to decorate a cocktail if you are serving it when guests arrive, want to surprise your loved one or attract the attention of a child. And depending on the goal, you choose both methods and means.

You can decorate a cocktail for a child with slices of fruit and berries, as well as caramel or chocolate chips. Of course, any child will be attracted by a piece of ice cream floating like an iceberg from a milkshake.

Decorate cocktails for friends in a classic style - mint or lemon balm leaves, a slice of fruit.

For your loved one, you can decorate a cocktail by cutting out a stencil from cardboard in the shape of a heart, a dumbbell or a man’s profile. The design on the surface of the cocktail can be expressed using cocoa powder, poppy seeds or cinnamon.

You can cut out figures from fruits with bright pulp, for example, stars from kiwi or physalis. You can cut pistachio petals.

Another decoration option is to use coconut flakes various colors. But not everyone likes the coconut itself, so you don’t have to sprinkle the shavings on the surface of the cocktail, just grease the edge of the glass with thick honey and sprinkle the coconut shavings on top.

Homemade alcoholic cocktails

There are famous brands berry cocktails and liqueurs: Chambord with raspberries or Chamberyzette French vermouth, with the addition of strawberries. But, firstly, it is not always possible to buy them, and secondly, you always want to try a new unfamiliar taste.

To create a berry cocktail, it is best to use vermouth with a low alcohol content, otherwise it can drown out the taste of the berries. Accordingly, it is best to try dry vermouth for your cocktail. The most famous vermouths are, of course, Chinzano and Martini. These famous vermouths have several varieties, although you can try any of them. If you have a choice, then Rosato from Martini or Bianco from Chinzano are better suited for a cocktail.

Recipes for simple homemade cocktails

Mix vermouth and berries in a blender, observing the following proportions:

• 50 g vermouth
• 20 g berries

You can also try adding cream, then the proportions of vermouth and cream should be taken at the rate of 6 parts vermouth, 1 part cream, 3 parts berries.

Don’t be afraid to experiment; if there are no known vermouths, you can use any available.

It is also worth noting that to get the full feeling of a summer holiday while lying in a hammock, it is more pleasant to sip a cocktail through a straw, preferably not from a glass, but from a cocktail glass. For example, using a classic triangular Martini cocktail glass.

Anastasia Ermolova

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

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

Milkshake Recipes

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

There are many recipes for making berry cocktails. Our article will teach you how to correctly combine the ingredients of a cocktail, creating completely unique drinks.

Berry cocktails are tasty and healthy - this statement does not raise the slightest doubt. Do you know how to cook them correctly? The best berry website will share this useful information with you.

Types of berry cocktails

The main ingredient of any berry cocktail, of course, remains the berries themselves, and they can be used both fresh and frozen. However, if you simply mix several types of berries, you will get a regular puree, but our task is to prepare cocktails. This means that you can’t do without some additives.

The cocktail may include healthy water, which somewhat dilutes the dense consistency of the ground berries. Most often, sparkling water is used - it adds a peculiar piquancy to this healthy drink.

Berry cocktails containing alcohol are very popular. In this case, the choice is very large - cocktails can include champagne, gin, liqueur and even vodka.

Berry smoothies containing dairy products (milk, milk powder, yogurt, kefir) are in constant demand (especially among children).

Additional Ingredients any berry cocktails include syrups, flavoring and aromatic additives (vanilla, mint leaves), honey, sugar, etc.

Berry cocktail recipes

Our article invites you to learn simple cocktail recipes that can decorate the most sophisticated table.

To prepare sparkling water cocktail, you will need the following ingredients:

• 2-3 types of berries (total quantity - 5 glasses)
• Sugar - 100 g
• Sparkling water - 400 ml

The berries are ground through a sieve, mixed with sugar (it should be completely dissolved) and sparkling water. Add ice cubes to cocktail glasses

For cooking lung alcoholic cocktail The following components are required:

• Table white wine - 400 ml
• Sparkling water - to taste
• Berries - 2 cups
• Sugar - 100 g

The berries are ground with sugar until it is completely dissolved. Pour the berry mixture into a glass of wine and leave for a couple of hours. Then pour in another 200 ml of wine and a little sparkling water. Serve in glasses, garnished with mint leaves.

Another popular recipe contains the following ingredients:

• Berries - 0.5 kg
• Powdered sugar- 1 tbsp.
• Liqueur - 100 ml
• Vodka - 300 ml
• Water - 100 ml

Grind the berries through a sieve, add all the ingredients, mix in a shaker and pour into glasses (ice cubes are placed at the bottom).

To prepare milkshake with berries, the following ingredients are needed:

• Skim milk - 200 ml
• Powdered milk- 1/3 tbsp.
• Berries - 0.5-1 tbsp.
• Vanilla - 1 tsp.
• Cinnamon - a pinch
• Sugar to taste

The berries are ground through a sieve, mixed with sugar and milk powder, and then beaten with the rest of the ingredients.

It’s extremely easy to prepare a cocktail with kefir or yogurt - just beat the berries and the base chosen for the cocktail with sugar.

Any of these original and uncomplicated cocktails will please even the most picky gourmet. Good luck with your berry “impromptu”!

If the household has such an assistant device as a blender (modern immersion or stationary), then there are problems with quick cooking many delicious and healthy dishes will never arise. Especially if you often prepare a variety of delicious and healthy homemade fruit milkshakes. Using a blender, they are prepared at lightning speed. You can do incredible things in just a few minutes. delicious drink, almost restaurant level, but at home.

You can prepare fruit smoothies in a blender from one type and type fruit ingredient, or by combining fruits and berries that are different in nature.

You can drink this drink in concentrated form, or diluted with water or milk. You can also use ice cream in the cocktail. You can diversify by adding fruits and berries.

A fruit-based cocktail can be used as a complete meal for a snack or breakfast. It relieves the constant feeling of hunger, satisfying the need for the desire to eat something sweet.

1. The main component of a cocktail is liquid. Its quantity in the cocktail is at least 100 g. It can be milk, water or pre-prepared apple, pineapple or Orange juice. If it seems that the cocktail is too thick, then you can add more liquid component. You can also use unsweetened green tea as a liquid for a fruit cocktail, always chilled and not concentrated.
2. Fruits and berries used in the cocktail can be either fresh or frozen.
3. Additional and common ingredients in a milkshake are yogurt (low-fat) and cottage cheese (soft tofu is fine).
4. If you need to add sweetness, you can add honey or vanilla.
5. In order to enhance the taste of the fruit cocktail, you should add a little spice. For example, cinnamon or ginger.
6. A classic fruit cocktail should contain 4 food components, approximately equal in quantity:
   • liquid;
   • fruits;
   • yogurt or ice;
   • sweetener additives.

1. In order for the cocktail to be sweet enough, you should put an overripe banana in it. It contains the maximum amount of sweetness.
2. To add richness to the cocktail creamy taste and thick consistency should be used in the recipe for mango or pears with apples, peach (papaya), banana.
3. If the cocktail seems a bit sweet, you can add a little salt. But the salt must be fine and necessarily iodized.
4. You should drink your fruit cocktail freshly prepared. Over time, it loses its nutritional value and benefits.

And now we bring to your attention the simplest and most popular fruit cocktails in a blender: 4 original recipes.

Light fruit cocktail with apple juice

Product set:

• ripe, ripe banana, without traces of overripeness – 200 g;
• ripe, ripe kiwi - 200 g;
• ripe, ripe, juicy, sweet pear – 200 g;
• powdered sugar – 100 g;
• lightened store Apple juice– 250 ml;
• bitter dark chocolate, finely grated in advance - 20 g.

Algorithm for preparing this cocktail:

1. Rinse all fruits thoroughly. Then peel them and cut them into small pieces of arbitrary shape.
2. Place all the fruit pieces into a special blender bowl.
3. Use a blender to puree the fruit.
4. Add to fruit puree powdered sugar and store-bought clarified apple juice. Mix all the food contents with a blender. You should get a homogeneous liquid mass.

Pour the freshly prepared fruit cocktail into tall glasses, sprinkle with finely grated dark dark chocolate. Serve high for cocktails beautiful straw, through which it is convenient to drink this delicious drink.

Grocery set of ingredients for 4 large cocktail servings:

• ripe, fresh, large peaches – 400 g;
• ripe, fresh strawberries – 600 g;
• ice water – 300 ml.

Algorithm for preparing strawberry-peach cocktail:

1. Rinse fruits and berries thoroughly.
2. Peel the skin of the peaches and remove the pit. Cut into slices and place in a blender bowl.
3. Add sorted, well-washed strawberries there.
4. Using a blender, puree the peaches and strawberries. The pureeing process should take approximately 5 minutes.
5. Add ice water to the fruit and berry puree.
6. Pour the prepared cocktail into glasses.

1. Strawberries can be replaced with fresh strawberries.
2. Instead of fresh berries You can use fresh frozen or canned. Frozen berries will make a cocktail no less tasty and healthy!
3. Ice water can be replaced with milk or ice cream. Then you get a milk-fruit cocktail.

Citrus cocktail made with orange, grapefruit and lime

Fruit cocktail made from apples, kiwi, grapes and ginger

Grocery set of ingredients for 4 large cocktail servings:

• fresh, ripe sweet and sour apples – 400 g;
• fresh, ripe, large kiwi fruits – 300 g;
• banana (can be overripe) – 300 g;
• berries of ripe, fresh, boneless white grapes of the “quiche-mish” variety - 250 g;
• pre-cooked and chilled green tea– 250 ml;
• liquid flower honey – 50 g;
• ginger powder – 10 g;
• several fresh green mint leaves - 4 sprigs.

Making a cocktail step by step:

1. Prepare the apples: wash, peel and core, cut into arbitrary slices and place in a blender bowl.
2. Prepare kiwi and banana: wash, peel and cut into slices of any shape. Add them to the apples in a blender bowl.
3. Wash, sort and separate the boneless grapes from the branches. It should also be transferred to a blender bowl with the rest of the prepared fruit.
4. Puree the ingredients collected in the bowl with a blender for 5 minutes.
5. Pour chilled green tea into the resulting puree and add the remaining ingredients: honey and ginger powder.
6. Beat with blender for another 5 minutes.
7. Pour the prepared cocktail into tall glasses. Add mint sprigs and cocktail straws. Serve immediately.

Strawberry milkshake with ginger powder and honey

Product set for an amazing tasting drink:

• fresh ripe strawberries – 600 g;
• cow's milk – 250 ml;
• ginger powder – 10 g;
• liquid flower honey – 50 g.

Algorithm for preparing this healthy sweet drink:

1. Rinse all the berries, sorting them and removing stems and leaves.
2. Place the berries in a blender bowl and puree it with a blender for 5 minutes.
3. Add honey and ginger powder to the berry puree in a blender bowl. Beat a little more (a couple of minutes).
4. Add milk to the sweet berry mixture and beat again with a blender for several minutes. You should get a pink foam with white scallops.
5. Pour into glasses and enjoy immediately.

1. As a sweetener, instead of honey, you can use powdered white sugar (200 g). But it will be much healthier not to add sugary foods (honey, sugar, etc.) at all.