Strawberry Latte – Texanerin Baking

This strawberry latte is a clean and refreshing espresso drink made with a 3-ingredient strawberry sauce, your selection of milk, maple syrup, and vanilla. It’s refined sugar-free and paleo and vegan with the correct of milk.

Right here’s a fast recipe that will help you fight these sizzling days! Is it bizarre? Type of.

Strawberries + espresso is a however uncommon. To be trustworthy, I believed this drink can be fairly unappetizing, however I used to be flawed.

It’s oddly refreshing and never as weird as you would possibly assume!

Strawberry sauce

For the underside layer of the drink, you make a fast strawberry sauce. It’s candy however not overly candy; so excellent for this drink.

You simply mix collectively strawberries, maple syrup and vanilla in a blender after which simmer for a couple of minutes to thicken the combination. It goes from extremely runny to a sauce in simply 3 minutes.

Should you just like the runny combination you’ve gotten after mixing, be at liberty to already pour it into the underside of your glass. However I believe the latte is a lot better with the strawberries thickened a bit. It intensifies the strawberry taste and makes the drink a little bit thicker.

Not thickening the strawberry puree can even make it trickier to create a neat layered look.

Should you use frozen strawberries, you’ll want to defrost them earlier than mixing. Should you don’t, it’ll be tough (or not possible, if not utilizing a high-speed blender) to mix.

Should you’d wish to make a much bigger batch, it’ll maintain for a number of days within the fridge. It’s nice to make use of in smoothies and cocktails. You can maybe add some to this Strawberry Frosé or Honey-Sweetened Lemonade for added strawberry taste.

The strawberry sauce will thicken rapidly, however don’t let it thicken a lot that it turns into jam. It’ll be onerous to stir within the drink if it’s too thick.

And you’ll want to cool the sauce utterly earlier than utilizing it within the drink. It yields a small quantity, about 1/3 cup, so it’ll cool rapidly, particularly if you happen to pour what you want into your glass and place it within the fridge.

You solely use 3 tablespoons within the latte, so that you’ll have about 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon leftover to spoon onto ice cream or no matter you’d like.

What else you want

You simply want sturdy espresso and no matter milk you’ve gotten available.

I am going into extra element on each substances beneath.

The way to layer

If serving to friends, it’s good to serve this strawberry latte layered.

Utilizing the again of a spoon helps disperse liquid over a wider floor permitting liquids to drift on high of each other relatively than sink into one another. It’s not obligatory, however it certain makes the drink look putting.

Every liquid has its personal weight, so to layer drinks, begin with the heaviest liquid first. It’s normally the one with the best sugar content material. So we’ll pour the strawberry sauce over the ice first.

Then place the spoon the other way up close to the strawberry layer and gently pour the milk over the again of the spoon. Then do the identical for the espresso; don’t rush it or it’ll muddy the drink. As you may see within the photograph beneath. 🤦‍♀️

The way to make sturdy espresso

If in case you have time, you may plan forward and make this French Press Chilly Brew or this Mason Jar Chilly Brew. Chilly brewing requires at the least 8 hours, so making it the night time earlier than is finest.

Should you’re questioning what sort of espresso beans to make use of within the French press, you’ll want to take a look at this Espresso Beans vs. Espresso Beans submit.

What sort of milk is finest?

You need to use no matter you’d like – dairy or plant-based. I all the time use unsweetened cashew milk, and it pairs properly with the strawberries.

Should you’re paleo, ensure that to make use of unsweetened plant-based milk with none components or different funky stuff. The one substances needs to be nuts, water and probably salt.

Different summer time drinks

• This Starbucks Chocolate Cream Chilly Brew is wealthy and creamy with hints of chocolate and malt taste. It’s subtly candy and might be made vegan or dairy-free.





• This Mojito Espresso is a espresso cocktail with a contemporary mint end. It’s made with espresso, contemporary mint, white rum and half-and-half with a vegan possibility.




• This Strawberry Ginger Banana Smoothie not solely tastes nice, it helps relieve nausea and upset stomachs.




• This Raspberry Margarita is one other fruity cocktail good for out of doors grilling! It’s maple-sweetened, vegan and gluten-free.

That’s all for now. Should you do that Strawberry Latte, I’d love to listen to the way you prefer it! Thanks a lot.

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• Prep Time: 10 min
• Prepare dinner Time: 3 min
• Prepared in: 20 min
• Yield: 1

Components

Strawberry sauce:

• 1 cup (130 grams) contemporary strawberries or defrosted frozen strawberries
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Meeting:

• 3 tablespoons of the above strawberry sauce
• ice
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) milk of selection
• 1/2 (120 ml) cup sturdy espresso
• sweetener, if desired (I take advantage of 2 tsp maple syrup)

Instructions

1. Place all of the strawberry sauce substances in a blender. Course of till no massive chunks stays (it doesn’t should be 100% clean).
2. Pour right into a small saucepan. Convey to a simmer over medium-high warmth, stir often, and simmer for about 3 minutes. It’ll thicken in a short time, however don’t let it thicken a lot that it turns into jam. If it’s too thick, it’ll be onerous to stir within the drink. Cool utterly earlier than utilizing within the drink.
3. Fill the glass about half-way with ice.
4. Pour 3 tablespoons strawberry sauce (the recipe yields about 1/3 cup) into the underside of the glass. Refrigerate leftover strawberry sauce for as much as 4 days.
5. To make neat layers, place a spoon the other way up close to the strawberry layer and gently pour the milk over the again of the spoon. Then do the identical for the espresso; don’t rush it or it’ll muddy the drink.
6. Serve. I like to combine it and add 2 teaspoons of maple syrup.

Notes

• If vegan, use plant-based milk.
• If paleo, use unsweetened cashew or almond milk with none components or different funky stuff. It ought to simply be nuts + water + salt.

Recipe by Texanerin Baking | www.texanerin.com