Smoothies are cold blended drinks that are typically made with a combination of fresh fruit, crushed ice, frozen fruit, and fruit or vegetable juices. A banana is often included to give a thicker texture. Today frozen yogurt, sherbet or sherbet is also used as part of the base for the same purpose.
Generally, shakes do not contain ice cream, as it is the base of milk shakes. Drinks made from pureed fruit, based on Brazilian originals, were first sold in health food stores on the American West Coast in the 1930s, but it wasn’t until the 1940s that Waring’s cookbooks ” Blendor” began posting recipes for a “banana smoothie.” and a ‘pineapple smoothie’. This name was later adopted by books, magazines, and newspapers to refer to any smooth product made in blenders.
At least, that’s the conventional wisdom… This ignores the fact that lassis, a drink made from yogurt diluted with water, chilled with ice and flavored with spices and salt or fruit, salt and honey, has been made on the subcontinent Indian. for at least 4000 years. In India, sharbats have also been made since the time of the Mughal emperors. They are syrups made from fruit and/or flower and herb extracts that are diluted with water and ice to form a drink.
In fact, modern smoothies with their frozen yogurt and fruit base are more similar in terms of components to Indian lassis than they are to fruit juice drinks from Brazil.
However, it wasn’t until the 1960s that, with the resurgence of macrobiotic vegetarianism in the US, smoothies began to catch on. These early smoothies were essentially a mix of fruit, fruit juice, and ice. In the 1970s, ice milk was added to the mix to create a “fruit shake.” These shakes were served at local health food restaurants and health food stores, along with tofu, fruit, carob, and other health-oriented foods.
In the early 1970s, smoothies became commercialized when chains such as Smoothie King began selling mixed fruit drinks under the name ‘smoothie’.
Blow you’ll find recipes for a classic banana-thickened fruit smoothie and a frozen yogurt-based smoothie.
blackberry smoothie
Ingredients:
180ml apple juice
125 ml plain yogurt
220g frozen blackberries
1 banana
Method:
Combine the fruit in a blender. Pour yogurt on top then process until smooth. Transfer to a chilled glass and serve.
Blue Berry Smoothie
Ingredients:
300g frozen blueberries, slightly thawed
250g vanilla yogurt
180 ml of milk
360ml pineapple juice
3 tablespoons of liquid honey
15 ice cubes
Method:
Combine blueberries, vanilla yogurt, milk, pineapple juice, and honey in a blender and process on high speed until smooth. With the blender still running, add about 3 ice cubes at a time until all the ice cubes have been added and dissolved into the smoothie. Continue blending until smooth, then divide among four glasses and serve immediately.