Nagasaki Milkshake
Quick answer
- Total time
- 10 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Nagasaki milkshake is an iced dessert from Nagasaki City, blended from milk, egg yolk, sugar, condensed milk, vanilla, and plenty of ice.
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Unlike a drinkable shake, it is thick enough to eat with a spoon and retains tiny ice crystals among its smooth custard flavor. It is said to have originated between the late Taisho and early Showa periods at Tsuruchan, regarded as Kyushu's first tearoom, as relief from Nagasaki's intense summer heat. Once limited to warm months, it became a year-round local specialty and an easy home dessert. The crucial technique is to stop blending while a little crushed ice remains, before friction melts it into a thin drink.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Season
Put the chilled egg yolk, condensed milk, milk, sugar, and vanilla in the blender and mix 20 seconds, until the sugar is nearly dissolved.
- 2Step
Add the ice and pulse in 5-second bursts, scraping the sides between pulses.
Stop as soon as thick with a few small ice crystals still visible.
- 3Finish
Divide immediately between two pre-chilled bowls and top each with one canned cherry.
Serve with small spoons rather than straws.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Milk, yolk, and condensed milk create a custard flavor.
- Finish cue
- Divide immediately between two pre-chilled bowls and top each with one canned cherry.
- Avoid this
- Confirm that the blender is rated for ice and avoid one long blend.
- Storage and reheating
- Eat the finished shake immediately rather than storing or refreezing it.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official cooking and food safety guidance.
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10min, 7 ingredients
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45min, 6 ingredients
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