Some fresh fruit, water, sugar and a real need to escape the heat. If you have these ingredients and some space in the freezer all that's left to do is to make these tasty homemade popsicles bursting with refreshing flavor. If you don't have the proper molds, don't rush to buy them! All you need are disposable plastic cups from which you will remove the icicle once it has formed by making a small cut on the edge and opening the cup with your hands.
If you want to obtain the right consistency it’s important to cool the fruit properly in the refrigerator before blending it, in the same way that the syrup (to be prepared following the recipe instructions) needs to be very cold or it will end up changing the flavor of the ingredients. Regarding the sticks, if the mixture isn’t dense enough when putting them in the freezer, put them in after about 15 minutes and start the time again!
Unlike those prepared entirely with water and syrup, homemade popsicles are able to preserve the freshness and nutrients of the fruit, but it is better to enjoy them within a week of making them or you’ll end up losing the best of the flavors.
We have chosen 4 recipes for you, rich in taste and freshness made of raspberry and kiwi, pineapple and lime, peach, blueberry, and melon. Once you’ve given our suggestions a go, free your imagination and use different fruits and flavors and experiment with the combinations. The recipe ingredients are for 7-10, 3 oz popsicles of each type.
Raspberry and kiwi Popsicle
Ingredients: 1 lb raspberries, 4 oz sugar, 4 oz kiwi pulp, half lemon
Procedure: boil 7 oz of water with 3 oz sugar and the lemon juice for 2 minutes. Blend the raspberries and add them to this syrup, once cooled. Prepare another syrup by boiling 2 oz of water with the rest of sugar. Blend the kiwi pulp and add the syrup. Fill the small cups for 3/4 of the raspberry mixture, freeze for 40 minutes, add the kiwi mixture, the stick and put back in the freezer for 2 hours.
Pineapple and lime popsicles
Ingredients: 1 lb pineapple in chunks, 3 oz brown sugar, 2 limes.
Method: boil 7 oz water with the juice of a lime, its grated rind and sugar for 2 minutes. Turn it off and let it cool. Blend the pineapple with the syrup. Place a lime circle slices on the walls of each cup, then fill it with the pineapple mixture. Place in the freezer for 40 minutes, then insert the stick. Put it back in the freezer for about 2 hours.
Peach and blueberry popsicles
Ingredients: 1 lb yellow peach pulp, 4 oz sugar, 2 ½ oz blueberries, half lemon
Method: boil 9 oz water with the sugar and lemon juice for 2 minutes, then let it cool. Blend the peach pulp and add 3/4 of the syrup. Place 4 blueberries on the bottom of each small cup and cover with the remaining sugar syrup. Put in the freezer for 20 minutes, then add the peach mixture. Freeze for another 20 minutes, insert the stick and put the icicles back in the freezer for 2 hours.
Double melon
Ingredients: 7 oz orange melon pulp, 7 oz white melon pulp, 4 oz sugar, half a lemon, mint leaves.
Method: boil 7 oz water with 4 oz sugar and the lemon juice for 2 minutes, turn off the heat and let it cool. Blend the pulp of the two melons separately. Add half the sugar syrup to each melon shake. Distribute the blended melon pulp evenly into each small cup up to halfway. Freeze for 30 minutes, then add the other shake and a mint leaf. Let it firm for another 20 minutes, then insert the stick and put it back in the freezer for 2 hours.