Best strawberry milkshake recipe without ice cream
Learn how to make the creamiest, easy strawberry milkshake without ice cream. It's like the best homemade strawberry frappuccino but healthy!
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 283kcal
Equipment
- 1 Blender
- 2 tall glasses
Ingredients
- 3 cups frozen strawberries
- 2 cups milk
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup or the equivalent stevia sweetener (you may need more)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons freeze-dried strawberry powder, optional
- 4 tablespoons powdered milk, optional
Instructions
- Transfer the strawberries, the milk, the vanilla extract, the sweetener and the salt to a blender and blend on high until smooth. You may have to stop and mix with a tamper (or a spoon). Taste and adjust the quantity of the sweetener, then blend for a few more seconds.
- If using strawberry puree (read notes) add 1-2 tablespoons on each glass. Then pour the milkshake into the glasses and garnish with a whole strawberry on the rim.
Notes
- To make the strawberry puree, just blend 1 heaped cup of fresh strawberries (200 grams) with ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 grams).
- To make the whipped cream, you will need to whip ½ of a cup very cold heavy cream with 2 teaspoons of powdered sugar, until stiff peaks form (these quantities are for 2 milkshakes).
- Instead of frozen strawberries you can also use fresh strawberries. Chill them in the fridge or even better in the freezer for a few hours before using them.
- If you plan to add whipped cream on top, don't fill the glass all the way up because the milkshake will overflow (you can see that from the photos).
- If you don't have a high duty blender, it will be easier to blend the milk with half of the frozen strawberries until smooth, and then add the rest of the strawberries.
- The milkshake will have a stronger strawberry flavor if you use almond milk. However the texture is creamier and smoother with regular milk (read the "Variations - Substitutions" section for more details).
Nutrition
Calories: 283kcal
