sergiogomez
Dec 24, 2008, 3:03 PM
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Re: [nancyinpdx] smoothies, shakes, aguas frescas, etc
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It's easy to turn an agua fresca into a slushie if you want a cold drink. A lot of times I go the lazy way and use bottled juice (mango is one of my favorites). Add a little water, sugar, and lime juice, and throw it in the blender with as much ice as you want. A splash of tequila livens things up, and adding a dash of chile powder makes it like drinking a mango on a stick. I've done this successfully with a number of different fruits, pineapple being the exception. It seems to work better to stick the pineapple juice or agua in the freezer and stir it; in the blender, the shaved ice floats on top of the pineapple juice. Why is beyond me. The only key to making slushies this way is to start out with a fairly concentrated juice, so the end product doesn't taste like water.
Banana licuados are another of my favorites. A couple bananas, a glass of milk, a little sugar, a dash of vanilla extract, and a handful of ice cubes (or ice cream). Blend everything until it starts to look foamy, and you're ready to go. You can do this with any kind of fruit--banana, pineapple, guava, papaya, melon and strawberry are popular. Adding an egg yolk makes it even more nutritious and doesn't noticeably affect the taste.
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