Raspberry is among the leaders in the content of vitamins and antioxidants. It is also rich in iron, potassium, magnesium. Gallic acid and quercetin, which are part of this berry, invigorate and energize. Eating raspberry desserts helps fight depression, counteract negative environmental influences and infections, and preserve youth and visual appeal for a longer time. In addition, such delicacies do not threaten the addition of extra pounds, quite the contrary. Among the most popular berry sweets is a raspberry smoothie.
Cooking Features
Make a raspberry smoothie can be different. In some cases, its taste comes to the fore, in others the beneficial properties of this thick cocktail are given priority. The advice of experienced chefs will help prepare just such a raspberry smoothie, which you want.
- Raspberry smoothies are made from both fresh and frozen berries. If frozen before preparing a drink is sufficient to allow to thaw, then fresh ones need more thorough preparation. They need to be filled with cool water for a while, so that insects will float to the surface if they have climbed into the berries. After that, the water is drained, the raspberries are picked and washed, several times dipped in a colander in clean water. After that, it remains to dry, for which it is scattered on a towel - moisture is absorbed into the fabric, and the berry becomes dry very soon.
- Refreshing cocktails are often made on the basis of raspberries. When using fresh berries they add crushed ice. After adding it, it is recommended to beat the mixture again with a mixer or a blender. When using frozen berries ice is not needed, it is enough not to thaw it completely.
- In order for a raspberry smoothie to have the most homogeneous consistency, experienced cooks recommend grinding the berries and other ingredients separately, and then mix them and beat them together.
- If you are making a raspberry smoothie to lose weight, do not add ice cream, sugar, heavy cream, chocolate to it. There is a cocktail in this case, preferably slowly, with small spoons.
- In those cases when there is a need to sweeten a cocktail, retaining its benefit or even multiplying it, add sweet fruit or honey.
- If you want to make a smoothie more dense, you can add fruits with a high content of pulp, cottage cheese, oatmeal.
Raspberry smoothie looks attractive and has a pleasant aroma, however, the proper serving will help make it more appetizing. A glass in which you plan to pour a cocktail, you can decorate with hoarfrost. To do this, you need to wipe its edge with a slice of lemon, then dip it in powdered sugar. You can also decorate the drink with fresh or frozen berries - its thick consistency will not let them sink to the bottom. A sprig of fresh mint will also be a good addition, which not only decorates the glass, but also gives the raspberry flavor additional notes.
Smoothies with raspberries and apples
Composition:
- raspberries (fresh or frozen) - 150 g;
- apple - 0, 2 kg;
- kefir - 0, 25 l;
- honey - 5 ml;
- mint - 20 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the raspberries before picking them up. Spread out on a towel to dry.
- Wash and blot an apple with a napkin. Peel it off. Cut the core. Cut the fruit into small cubes.
- Wash the mint. Shake off the water.
- Place a small amount of raspberries in the freezer, spread out one at a time so that they are frozen as quickly as possible.
- Tear off a few leaves of mint and set aside, they will be needed for decoration.
- Put raspberries, apple slices and mint leaves in a blender bowl.
- Pour all over with liquid honey. If it is candied, melt it in a microwave and let cool to room temperature.
- Crush ingredients, pour kefir and whisk.
- Add the frozen berry and whip the shake together with it again.
- Fill glasses with raspberry-mint smoothie. Garnish with mint leaves.
A cool drink made according to this recipe has a pleasant taste. It is well refreshed, quenches thirst. However, it is thick enough to use it instead of a snack. This option smoothies refers to those with which you can maintain the beauty of the figure.
Smoothies with raspberries, strawberries and wild berries
Composition:
- raspberry - 0, 2 kg;
- strawberries - 0, 2 kg;
- blackberry - 150 g;
- blueberries - 100 g;
- raspberry juice - 150 ml;
- lemon juice - 30 ml;
- milk or kefir - 60 ml;
- sugar or honey - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- All types of berries are sorted, removing litter, twigs, sepals and spoiled berries. Raspberries need not take 200 grams, but more, as part of it will go to the preparation of raspberry juice. 150 ml of juice will take about one and a half cups of berries.
- Gently wash the berries. Spread them on napkins.
- Cut strawberries into several pieces.
- Putting 200 g of raspberries, put the rest in a gauze folded in several layers, squeeze the juice. If desired, it can be replaced with berry juice.
- Fold the berries into a whipping bowl, add raspberry and lemon juice, liquid honey or sugar, if you want to get a cocktail with a more pronounced sweet taste.
- Fill all with kefir and chop with an immersion blender until smooth. If you want to taste softer was softer, instead of kefir, you can add milk to it.
This variant of raspberry smoothie is one of the most useful. However, it is used with pleasure not only by supporters of a healthy diet. Its taste is so good that even children like it.
Banana smoothie and yogurt
Composition:
- raspberry - 150 g;
- black currant - 150 g;
- bananas - 0, 3 kg;
- yogurt - 100 ml;
- fruit or berry juice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Go through the berries. Remove the twigs and sepals. Rinse in running water and dry by pouring onto a towel.
- Wash bananas, peel. Cut banana pulp into cubes of medium size. Preference is better to give the most ripe, even slightly overripe fruit.
- Fold the berries into the jug of the blender, add the yogurt to them and whisk. The result should be a homogeneous mass, which does not come across unground berries.
If the consistency of the raspberry smoothie made according to this recipe seems too thick, you can dilute it with any juice you like. It should be mixed with a cocktail using a blender or mixer. However, it is not worth taking a lot of juice so that it does not interrupt the taste and aroma of raspberries and black currants, which together make up a harmonious duet.
Smoothies with raspberries and oatmeal
Composition:
- raspberry - 150 g;
- apple juice - 100 ml;
- apple - 0, 2 kg;
- cranberries - 50 g;
- banana - 100 g;
- oatmeal - 50 g;
- nutmeg - a pinch;
- ground cinnamon - a pinch.
Method of preparation:
- Grind the oatmeal with a coffee grinder or, without chopping, pour juice and let it swell. Choosing a method of making smoothies with oatmeal depends on how delicate consistency you want to get.
- Apple wash. Cut the seed box. Cut the flesh into slices, peel if desired. Cut apple pulp into small cubes.
- After peeling a banana, cut it into chunks of an average size of arbitrary shape.
- Sort and wash the raspberries and cranberries. Wait until they dry out.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender bowl. Add spices.
- Beat the products, at the same time grinding them, to a smooth consistency.
This rich smoothie can replace breakfast or snack. It will be more useful if the apple is not peeled, the oatmeal is not chopped, but from a peeled apple and chopped rolled oats, the cocktail is softer.
Raspberry smoothies can also be made with ice cream and chocolate. Knowing the principles of making this useful cocktail, you yourself can invent recipes and get different types of dessert.
