Roasted Strawberry Milkshakes with Chocolate Pistachio Brittle.
Who’s in for a mikshake swim?
This trash concoction in a glass came from one thing: expiring strawberries. I had lots in the fridge and knew I had to do something.
Granola and yogurt? No. That’s boring.
I didn’t want to make a cake or a cupcake or a cheesecake or a pie or whatever. I didn’t want to coat them in chocolate (though I sort of did want to do that) and eat them for lunch. I almost made that 90s fruit pizza but that would have been slightly ridiculous since the only ingredient I had on hand? The strawberries.
So.
Roasting them was the plan. I love love love love roasted strawberries. Ooomph. They are so good.
And I needed a high maintenance milkshake.
I didn’t actually blend my strawberries in with the ice cream. Milkshake rebellion. I wanted the syrupy sauce to be swirled in the shake and I wanted chunks of strawberries too. Which, yes, required a spoon to get every last bit but I mean, we’re already putting chunks of sugared pistachio on a DRINK. So why stop there? Let’s make it more difficult.
That’s it!
So much going on in this shake, that way you BURN calories when you consume it. Brilliant.
P.S. let’s put these in and on everything.
Ooooo do you know what I topped this baby with?
I’m almost embarrassed to tell you.
Actually I’m very embarrassed to tell you.
Um. Leftover cream cheese frosting.
YEP. I hate myself.
IT WAS SO FLIPPING FAB.
I had some leftover frosting from the nutella swirl carrot cake and boom – it went right on top. I don’t regret it.
You obviously don’t need to do that (but you should) because who has leftover frosting? You can totally use whipped cream or maybe even coconut cream (yes! do that!) – or not use anything at all and just eat pistachio brittle on the side.
Because I know when I have dessert the first thought in my brain is to add a milkshake to the side.
This is one of those recipes that I look at from a distance and wonder if I would truly make myself, if I was a reader of this blog. I mean, it’s quite high maintenance to make a pan of pistachio brittle covered in chocolate ganache only to break it up and stick it on top of a milkshake, which means you ultimately have to eat it with your hands.
That’s just, like, a lot of work. You know?
But I have these moments. The ones where I want to make something really pretty or really delicious or really high maintenance, even if it’s in a single or double serving, JUST BECAUSE. I equate the idea to that of decorating for a one-day holiday or making the bed only to just get in it again twelve hours later. I like to do it to celebrate life, to make a moment special, to make time really count.
A la Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids, when she makes her own cupcake with crazy fondant topping and the… eats it.
I’ve found it to be even more true now that I have Max. One, because I rarely have time to myself ever and if I do, I want it to be… awesome? Pretty? Fun? Memorable? Like if I have an hour, I want to make something fancy for myself to eat even if it’s a trashed up BLT.
Let’s be real: that’s fancy in my book.
The other reason is that I really want moments to be special for Max. Not that selfishly making a milkshake for myself has anything to do with that, but hear me out. This is something I’ve thought a ton about since he was born. We’ve had lots of one-day holidays since December and time passes slower when you’re a little kid. I want to live up each day and celebrate every little thing.
Like making a totally whacked out milkshake that requires a lot more than tossing ice cream into a blender and sucking it through a straw. I’M PRACTICING OKAY?
Other than the long rambly rant that is most likely a product of my own nostalgia, this is kind of a two part recipe. A two for one, if you will. Don’t want the shake? Just make the brittle! You can make it ahead of time. Make it with the chocolate or without. You can make it for the weekend and who knows? Maybe come Sunday night you’ll have a few brittle shards left that would just fit perfectly on top of a milkshake.
I KNOW RIGHT.
Or just make a roasted strawberry milkshake. Lots of vanilla bean. Make shooters! Spike them. Rum rum rum. Maybe some sort of liqueur. We should do all of that.
Alright I’m gonna stop.
Roasted Strawberry Milkshakes with Chocolate Pistachio Brittle
Ingredients
- 2 pints fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups vanilla bean ice cream, or your favorite flavor
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- chocolate pistachio brittle
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 1/2 tablespoon water
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pistachios, plus more for topping (mine were roasted, unsalted)
- 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 4 ounces high-quality chocolate, chopped (I used milk chocolate)
Instructions
- shakes
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Toss the strawberries with the oil, sugar and salt. Spread them on the parchment and roast until they are caramely and syrupy – about 20 minutes – stirring once or twice during cook time. While the oven is heat and strawberries roast, make the pistachio brittle below.
- To make the shakes, blend the ice cream, milk and vanilla extract together. You can add in the roasted strawberries but I prefer to layer them on the bottom, middle and top of the shake and then stir. This means you need a spoon to eat it, so do what you prefer! Top the shake with whipped cream or leftover frosting. Sprinkle on extra pistachios and throw the brittle pieces on top. Add any extra strawberries that didn’t make it into the shake! DEVOUR.
chocolate pistachio brittle
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray it with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Place the sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan and heat over medium heat, whisking constantly until the sugar dissolves. Attach a candy thermometer to the pot and boil until the mixture reaches 190 degrees F, about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in 2/3 of the pistachios, the butter and the vanilla extract. Continue to stir even though the mixture may thicken – it will even out as it heats. Cook, stirring often, until the mixture is at 300 degrees F, about another 3 minutes. Sprinkle the baking soda into the mixture and stir well (it will bubble!) and turn off the heat. Immediately pour the mixture onto the greased parchment and spread it into a thin layer. Let cool completely.
- Once it’s cool, heat the heavy cream over low heat until it bubbles. Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl and pour the cream over top. Let sit for 30 seconds then stir until you have a smooth chocolate ganache. Spread it over top of the brittle with a spatula until it’s even. Sprinkle the remaining pistachios on top. Let it sit until the chocolate firms up slightly. It will never be super hard, so if you want to speed things up, you can place the pan in the fridge. Break it into pieces and top the milkshakes with it.
Notes
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55 Comments on “Roasted Strawberry Milkshakes with Chocolate Pistachio Brittle.”
“I like to do it to celebrate life.” I think that’s a perfect reason!! High maintenance or not–this looks incredible.
I’m SO into this milkshake – hello, fabulousness.
LOL forget a milkshake swim, I want ti dive in!! Yuuummmm I love that you call this a high maintenance milkshake ,,, and you’re right about making moments and doing something dang special for yourself.
We never get back days in our lives, so why not make them extra special ( hold on, I hear hallmark calling me ;) )
Holy cow now that is a milkshake. Love the chocolate pistachio brittle, always good to have a little bit of crunch with milkshakes :)
No shame in the frosting topper. I call it genius!!! And Roasted strawberries are so unbelievably good. I made a cheesecake ice cream last fall with it. OMG. It didn’t stand a chance. And a milkshake with pistachio brittle? I will take that other straw!
The strawberry, pistachio, chocolate combo is right up my alley! Yum!!
Holy mother of God. This is fantabulous! I want to dive right in. Just brilliant. I started roasting bananas for smoothies and it’s amazing how much better it makes them taste. So roasted strawberries in a milkshake must just be the best thing ever. Well, that and cream cheese frosting topping!
Yum! And I have left over frosting– marscapone whipped cream frosting would be delicious if I don’t eat it by the spoonful first!
Frosting on a milkshake?? I’m obsessed with that idea. I never have leftover frosting but am not above making a batch just for this purpose.
I’ve been so obsessed with roasted fruit lately! These look so tasty and that chocolate pistachio brittle – um, delicious!!!
This looks amazing. I just can’t bring myself to make brittle, tho. it’s the whole 300 degree boiling sugar thing. Freaks me out. lol Definitely will hafta try the shake, tho…WITH the frosting topper. :-D
The pistachio brittle alone looks amazing – though the temperature thing freaks me out a bit. Will definitely try the milkshake though, I’ve never roasted strawberries before!
This looks epic! It’s been forever since I had a milkshake and now I want one!
Holy Calorie Bomb, Batgirl. *insert heart-eyes emoji here*
I need to start roasting more strawberries. This looks so good!
Oh wow, this is definitely something different and out of the box and omg the flavor combo is amazing, I am dying to try one!
This is one fantabulous milkshate! Roasted strawberries sound like the best thing ever… The whole milkshake sounds like the best thing ever!
I’ve never tried roasting strawberries, I’ll def have to now!! That pistachio brittle looks amazing I cannot wait to give it a try!
First, this looks fantastic. Frosting on a milkshake. I love it.
I just also wanted to thank you for putting into words a feeling I share with you, about making and celebrating and treating yourself to complicated food even when, objectively, you might not have time to make that food. I’m in law school and when I’m really having a rough day.. week.. month (now that we’re nearing finals) some days the best thing I can do for myself is make a plate of your beer braised chicken enchiladas. Just enjoying taking the time to do something that nourishes me – making delicious food that makes my whole apartment smell incredible – and then digging into it is the best thing to get me out of that funk. Thank you for sharing your wonderful recipes and thoughts.
Oh my goodness! First, these pictures are stunning, this has got to be one of the most beautiful milkshakes ever. Secondly, I loved your words. Sure it’s over the top and involved, but it’s special ,and if we can’t take some time to make ourselves or someone we love an outrageous treat now and then, then we are missing out on life. Loved this post!
This is amazing. If I could pick all my favorite things to go in a milkshake it would be these! And maybe dulce de leche. But still.
And I totally do the treat for one thing too – usually elaborate single serving sundaes :P
I love the idea of burning calories while making a milkshake because that totally makes the milkshake calories not count, right? ;)
I need more roasted strawberries in my life! But, then again, who doesn’t?!
I’ve been meaning to take up swimming lessons. . .what better time than milkshake time. And as far as I see it – that divine brittle is not just for this milkshake. . .but also for snacking. So totally worth it. Can’t wait to slurp one. . or two of these babies down.
oooh I loved strawberry milkshakes as a kid…or the neopolitan shakes with the strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. so good. going to have to try this!
I have to try roasting strawberries!
Plus this milkshake looks insane.
I totally get what you’re saying about time being precious so you might as well really enjoy the time you have to yourself. If you want to spend it making a milkshake, then do it. I would.
Because my date just bailed on me this is happening tonight right before I proceed to watch house of cards for 4 hours. What type of ice cream is your fave?!
You truly are a genius putting leftover frosting on top of your milkshake. I constantly have leftover frosting. And roasting is the best thing that ever happened to strawberries, until this. This is too good.
All I want now is some sort of rum spiked milk shake topped with cream cheese frosting…..every day.
oh. my. god. I will need to make this as soon as the race i’m training for is over. Hoooly goodness!!
I love what you wrote about making moments special and celebrating life!! And the Bridesmaids reference, of course! This milkshake looks SO GOOD.
I am so glad that this exists. You have no idea.
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2 words..oh my! This looks delicious…my mouth was watering while reading it
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First..we have the same straws! Love ’em, but they do get cold with a milkshake! Second, we always have leftover whipped cream cream cheese frosting (well whenever we make it we have leftovers)… and we put it on EVERYTHING! Except I’ve never put it on a milkshake…that’s clearly a miss…and the pistachio brittle…perfect yum!
And yes, yes, yes, make each day special and celebrate every little thing…we live by that with our kids…and it makes all of our lives richer.
sounds so good !!!!
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The silver straw peeking out – this is the milkshake of the future.
Every aspect of this is fabulous: the garnishes, roasted strawberries, and creamy texture! I could swim in this!
This is life right here! Omg!!!!
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This is like 4 desserts in one. And I love every single one of them. I think this is what pinterest is made for.
WOW that looks fabulous! As if roasted strawberry milk shake wasn’t enough there comes frosting on top and pistachio brittle, c’mon seriously this is the bomb! :)
This looks INSANELY INSANE. Also, where does one find METAL FREAKIN STRAWS?! I’m obsessed with any kind of straw that isn’t just boring and straight (ironic?).
Hahah oh the calories. But they look super delicious!
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