Strawberry Milkshake (Batido de Fresa)
Strawberries left in sugar for half an hour to draw out their juice, then blended with cold milk. The maceration is what makes it taste of strawberry rather than of pink milk. Five servings.
Servings: 5
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
- 600 g strawberries hulled and washed
- 500 ml milk cold
- 65 g sugar or to taste
- 1 strawberry to decorate
- Chocolate sauce or whipped cream optional
Instructions
- Pull the green leaves off the strawberries, wash them and drain them.
- Cut the strawberries, put them in a bowl with the sugar and leave them for about 30 minutes. They will macerate and release their juice.
- Tip the contents of the bowl into the blender with the cold milk and blend.
- Here you decide whether to pass it through a sieve. It is generally not necessary.
- Taste and add more sugar if you want, then serve and decorate with the whole strawberry, the whipped cream or the chocolate sauce.
Notes
The half hour in sugar is the step worth keeping. Sugar draws juice out of cut strawberries by osmosis, and that juice is concentrated strawberry flavour that would otherwise stay locked in the fruit. Blend them straight from the fridge instead and you get something pink and mild. Everything cold. Cold milk, cold fruit, and if you can, a cold blender jug. A milkshake blended warm and then chilled is never as good as one that was cold to begin with, because the ice crystals are different and it separates faster. Sieving is optional and the recipe says so. Strawberry seeds are small enough that most people do not notice them; pass it through if you want it completely smooth.
Nutrition
Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 58mg | Potassium: 330mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 177IU | Vitamin C: 72mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 1mg