Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Today I want to show you how to make strawberry milk from fresh strawberries. I remember drinking the nestle strawberry milk made from syrup from my childhood, and I thought this stuff would be impossible to make, well, it turns out to be really simple. It almost tastes like one of those strawberry shortcake ice cream pops. The recipe is really just three ingredients.
Most recipes I found online, said to heat the strawberries over stovetop. This isn't the best idea, cooking strawberries not only changes the flavor, but also leads to a browning due to complex enzymatic reactions. This will lead to a strawberry milk with a pretty gross color, so I was able to work out a method that created a delicous strawberry milk with the proper pastel pink color.
Here is a link to a paper which covers the enzymatic reactions that lead to the unapealing brown color:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087740800513X
Link to blog post with more detailed instructions:
https://www.flavorlab.xyz/recipes/strawberrymilk
Ingredients:
16 oz strawberries (450 grams)
1/2 cup water 75 grams sugar
1/2 cup sugar 75 grams water
1-2 tablespoons of syrup per glass of Milk
Today I want to show you how to make strawberry milk from fresh strawberries. I remember drinking the nestle strawberry milk made from syrup from my childhood, and I thought this stuff would be impossible to make, well, it turns out to be really simple. It almost tastes like one of those strawberry shortcake ice cream pops. The recipe is really just three ingredients.
Most recipes I found online, said to heat the strawberries over stovetop. This isn't the best idea, cooking strawberries not only changes the flavor, but also leads to a browning due to complex enzymatic reactions. This will lead to a strawberry milk with a pretty gross color, so I was able to work out a method that created a delicous strawberry milk with the proper pastel pink color.
Here is a link to a paper which covers the enzymatic reactions that lead to the unapealing brown color:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087740800513X
Link to blog post with more detailed instructions:
https://www.flavorlab.xyz/recipes/strawberrymilk
Ingredients:
16 oz strawberries (450 grams)
1/2 cup water 75 grams sugar
1/2 cup sugar 75 grams water
1-2 tablespoons of syrup per glass of Milk
