Top secret recipes_ sodas, smoothies, sp - Todd Wilbur [11]
ORANGE JULIUS
1¼ cups orange juice
1 cup water
3 tablespoons egg white or egg
substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup granulated sugar
1½ cups ice
Combine all of the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend on high speed for 15 to 20 seconds or until the sugar is dissolved.
Add the ice and blend for another 10 to 15 seconds or so, until ice is mostly crushed yet still a bit coarse.
• MAKES 2 16-OUNCE DRINKS.
PINEAPPLE JULIUS
1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple
in juice
1 cup water
3 tablespoons egg white or egg
substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup granulated sugar
1½ cups ice
Combine all of the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend on high speed for 15 to 20 seconds or until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ice and blend for another 10 to 15 seconds or so, until ice is mostly crushed yet still a bit coarse.
• MAKES 2 16-OUNCE DRINKS.
STRAWBERRY JULIUS
1 cup frozen sliced strawberries,
thawed (1 10-ounce box)
1 cup water
3 tablespoons egg white or egg
substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup granulated sugar
1½ cups ice
Combine all of the ingredients except ice in a blender and blend on high speed for 15 to 20 seconds or until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ice and blend for another 10 to 15 seconds or so, until ice is mostly crushed yet still a bit coarse.
• MAKES 2 16-OUNCE DRINKS.
RED ROBIN CHILLIN’ MANGO SMOOTHIE
Masterful mixologists make this drink as a special limited-time-only summer refresher at the popular eatery. The chain uses a special pureed mango fruit mix made by Torani, the same company that makes the flavoring syrups used in coffeehouses. But since this special ingredient can be hard to come by, we’ll substitute with canned mango chunks that you’ll find in jars in the produce section.
¾ cup canned mango, with juice
¾ ounce grenadine
¼ cup orange juice
1 cup ice
GARNISH
orange wedge
maraschino cherry
1. Combine all ingredients in a blender on high speed and mix until smooth.
2. Pour into a 12-ounce glass, then add an orange wedge and maraschino cherry speared on a toothpick. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 1 DRINK.
RED ROBIN GROOVY SMOOTHIE
The strawberries used for this drink come in 10-ounce boxes in the freezer section of your local supermarket.These berries work great because when thawed they wind up swimming in a juicy sweet syrup that’s perfect for this clone recipe. The restaurant adds a special blend of apple, raspberry, and blackberry juices called “Groovy Mix” to the drink, but we can still create an excellent carbon copy using a blend of apple and berry juices made by Langer’s. If you can’t find that brand, use any berry juice blend you can get your hands on and you’ll still have an extremely groovy drink.
cup frozen sweetened sliced
strawberries, thawed
½ ripe banana
cup Langer’s berry juice (a
blend of berry and apple
juices)
¼ cup Kern’s peach nectar
½ cup ice
½ cup vanilla ice cream
GARNISH
orange wedge
maraschino cherry
1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Pour into a 16-ounce glass.
2. Add an orange wedge and a maraschino cherry speared on a toothpick. Serve with a straw.
• MAKES 1 DRINK.
STARBUCKS TAZOBERRY TEA
Check out the menu board at any Starbucks and you’ll find this frozen drink described as a blend of raspberry and other fruit juices plus Starbucks’ own Tazo brand tea. We’ve discovered that those other fruit juices include white grape juice, aroniaberry, cranberry, and blackberry. Since aroniaberry juice is next to impossible to track down in a local supermarket, we’ll have to make a taste-alike