There is no need to explain how black currant is useful. Everyone knows how much it strengthens the immune system, reduces inflammation, improves the work of the gastrointestinal tract, helping to cleanse the body of toxins. However, in its pure form a lot of this fruit is not eaten For this reason, housewives use currants for homemade products and for the preparation of various dishes and drinks based on it. A special place among these culinary masterpieces is devoted to black currant smoothies. This thick cocktail takes an intermediate position between the usual dessert and berry drink, helps to quench thirst and saturation at the same time. For this reason, blackcurrant smoothie helps not only to improve the overall condition of the body, but also to lose weight.
Cooking Features
The process of making a smoothie is not very complex, and with a blender, even a novice cook will cope with the task. However, there are several points that are worth knowing before proceeding to cooking.
- For the preparation of blackcurrant smoothie you can use both fresh berry and frozen. Fresh need to sort, wash and dry, scattered on a towel. Frozen should be removed from the freezer in advance so that she has time to thaw. The juice that has been drained from it is not necessary to throw it away — it can be poured into a container in which the components for a cocktail are ground.
- Black currant smoothies will be more beneficial if you do not use high-calorie foods such as sugar, ice cream, cream for it. If there is a need to sweeten a cocktail, you can put sweet berries and fruits in it, a spoonful of honey.
- If you want to lose weight by eating black currant smoothie, eat it with spoons, as in this case saturation will come faster than when drinking a cocktail with sips. Using this technique, you can easily replace one of the snacks with a thick black currant drink.
- Blackcurrant smoothie is most useful immediately after preparation, so make it to the extent that can consume.
- In large quantities, black currants are not recommended for certain diseases, including vascular, gastrointestinal. Therefore, if you plan to eat smoothies from this berry often, it will not hurt you to consult with your doctor.
There are quite a lot of recipes for blackcurrant smoothie. Having understood the basic principles of its preparation, you yourself will be able to create variations of a thick black currant cocktail.
Black currant dessert smoothie with ice cream
Composition:
- black currant - 100 g;
- milk - 0, 25 l;
- vanilla ice cream - 100 g;
- honey or blackcurrant syrup - 5 ml;
- ground cardamom - at the tip of a knife.
Method of preparation:
- Take the ice cream out of the fridge so that it melts a bit.
- Go through the black currant, discarding spoiled berries, leaves and any other litter. Rinse in running water. Scattering on a towel, wait until it dries.
- Put the berry in the bowl of the blender, pour it melted to a liquid state with honey or syrup. Fill with milk and whisk until a homogeneous thick mass.
- Add ice cream and whisk again.
A smoothie made according to this recipe is very thick and rather sweet. Its energy value is higher than that of most blackcurrant smoothies, so this recipe will appeal more to those who do not follow the diet. But the children from such a delicacy will be delighted.
Blackcurrant Smoothie with Yogurt and Strawberry
Composition:
- black currant - 0, 3 kg;
- strawberries - 100 g;
- unsweetened yogurt - 0, 2 l;
- melon - 150 g;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Go through the berry. Remove the currant from the twigs, remove the sepals from the strawberries.
- Wash currants and strawberries separately and dry them.
- Cut the strawberries into large pieces.
- Peel the melon from the skin and seeds. Cut into cubes and put in a freezer for half an hour if you want to get a soft drink.
- Put the melon, strawberries and currants in the blender bowl, add honey and yogurt.
- Grind the ingredients to form a homogeneous mass.
This is one of the most useful choices of thick black currant cocktail, so this recipe is worth taking note of those who care about their health and want to lose weight.
Smoothies of black currant and raspberry
Composition:
- black currant - 150 g;
- raspberry - 30 g;
- kefir - 0, 2 l;
- dried mint - a pinch;
- ground cardamom - a pinch;
- honey or sugar to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Carefully sort the currants and raspberries, then wash them, dry them, spread them out on a napkin.
- Put the berries in the jar of the blender, add spices to them, add sugar or honey to taste.
- Fill with cold kefir and whisk until smooth.
- If desired, add some crushed ice and whisk again.
When serving, smoothies can be decorated with a sprig of fresh mint or a few berries of raspberry and currant. But even without decoration, it looks appetizing and exudes a seductive aroma.
Smoothies made from black currant and mint
Composition:
- black currant - 0, 2 kg;
- unsweetened yogurt - 150 ml;
- fresh mint - 30 g;
- honey - to taste;
- crushed ice - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the mint, separate the leaves and cut them into pieces.
- Pick and rinse the berry. After drying, pour it into the bowl for beating.
- Pour honey over the berry, sprinkle with mint leaves and cover with yogurt.
- Turn on the blender and chop the ingredients until smooth.
- Pour in crushed ice, whip the cocktail with it.
After that, it remains to pour the drink in glasses and serve to the table. However, it does not hurt to decorate. As decoration will serve fresh mint. Also appropriate would be “frost” on the edge of the glass. To make it, sugar will have to be crushed in a coffee grinder to the state of powdered sugar, then dip a glass in it. To saccharine stuck to the glass, wipe it before this slice of lemon.
Black currant and pear smoothies with flax seeds
Composition:
- pear - 0, 2 kg;
- black currant - 150 g;
- yogurt - 100 ml;
- milk - 100 ml;
- honey - 5 ml;
- ground cinnamon - a pinch;
- flax seeds - 15 g.
Method of preparation:
- After sorting, rinsing and drying the berry, place it in a whisking container.
- Wash the pear and blot it with a napkin. Remove the stalk. Cut the fruit along into 4 parts, cut out the areas with seeds. Peel the slices. If you want the smoothie to be more useful, and for this you are ready to give up the soft consistency of the cocktail, you can not clean the pear.
- Cut the pear slices into several pieces and send them to the black currant.
- Sprinkle flax seeds, add honey, yogurt and cinnamon.
- Pour the milk into the container with the remaining ingredients and grind everything together until smooth with an immersion blender.
Spill the smoothie made according to this recipe in glasses, decorate it with a few flax seeds or a pinch of cinnamon. Cocktail on this recipe turns out very fragrant and tasty. Both adults and children eat it with pleasure.
Blackcurrant Smoothie with Oatmeal
Composition:
- instant oatmeal - 20 g;
- milk - 100 ml;
- black currant - 100 g;
- vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
- flax seeds - 5 g;
- honey - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Heat the milk and fill it with oatmeal, leave for 20 minutes.
- Sort currants, wash and dry.
- Melt the honey to a liquid consistency.
- Place currants and steamed oat-flakes in a blender bowl, add honey, flax seeds and vanillin. Beat until a homogeneous mass.
Cooked for this smoothie recipe is able to replace breakfast or one of the meals. If you do this regularly, extra pounds will not threaten you.
Blackcurrant smoothies help strengthen the immune system, clean the intestines and lose weight. If you adhere to a healthy diet, you just need to know a few recipes for this wonderful cocktail.
