Few weeks ago, holding tightly on the fence at the tip off of the boat and resisting fierce wind with a huge smile on my face, I realised the thing I adore with summer is actually cold. This is the only time when the cold feels good. My cold feet vata dosha constantly demands warmth, and cold food outside summer feels like eating rocks. But in extreme heat of summer – oh, the soothing feeling of a cold bite sliding down the throat.
Bet you are searching for some recipes to be prepared straight from the fridge in the hot summer. Here is one tipsy adult popsicle recipe, featured in the latest edition of Mrvica magazine. These are best stocked up in the fridge for spontaneous drop by. Forget gin on rocks with slice of cucumber, lick it off the stick and you won’t even notice you got yourself drunk.
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White currant & Cucumber Gin popsicles
- 350g fresh white currants
- ½ cup sugar
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 cup gin
- ½l water
- 1 sliced lemon
- 1 sliced cucumber
The number of popsicles depends on your molds. I didn’t have any so I used plastic champagne glasses which worked great, and resulted in 8 popsicles. Simmer the the white currants and sugar with about ½ a cup of water for 8-10 mins. Leave to cool. Strain, and push pulp through sieve to remove seeds. Add the lemon juice, gin and water. Pour in popsicle model, insert cucumber and lemon slices and freeze for at least 5 hours.
One of these please – I’ve been melting recently… Summer is not my friend.
The good thing is they are ready in a snap, and if you replace white currant syrup with some ready made syrup you have at hand (elderflower or mint) you can prepare them completely hot stove free.
Your images are beautiful, could look at them all day!
Thank you Charlotte. Just don’t forget all the wonderful food out there to taste not just to look:)
Beautiful photography!
Your blog is so tantalising and really gets my mouth watering!!!!! Well done
Thanks Ben, you have gorgeus dessert on your blog!
Thank you!
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Tricia fantastic, glad to find your blog:)
Wow! Didn’t expect you’ll like it/ Thanks! :)
Oh my! I can really use one of these right now! Looks sooo tasty!
very nice photos! love it!
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Good article and useful,, may be distributed to my friend? Seems delicious,,
Sorry use google translation,, (I’m bad english)
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Sure, you can share it with your friends!
thanks! I’m going to try this very soon!
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That’s great, but where tf am I gonna get white currants, for crying out loud?
They are growing around my mothers house and here in mediteranean they are very common. You can try with any other berry, it’s included here for the juicines and a little sour hint to the popsicle.
Can you post the rest of the recipes? I can’t translate the magazine!
Sure here goes:
350g fresh white currants
½ cup sugar
Juice of half a lemon
1 cup gin
½l water
1 sliced lemon
1 sliced cucumber
The number of popsicles depends on your molds. I didn’t have any so I used plastic champagne glasses which worked great, and resulted in 8 popsicles.
Simmer the the white currants and sugar with about ½ a cup of water for 8-10 mins. Leave to cool. Strain, and push pulp through sieve to remove seeds. Add the lemon juice, gin and water. Pour in popsicle model, insert cucumber and lemon slices and freeze for at least 5 hours.
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Hi :) Thanks so much for this blog post. I really enjoyed reading it and it is a fantastic recipe. I hope you don’t mind but I have featured your blog post in my countdown of top 5 gin recipes for this summer. I have credited you and linked back to your blog too. I hope it sends some traffic your way :)! If for any reason you are not happy with this please just send me an message and I will of course remove http://thedorothydays.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/5-gin-recipes-that-you-need-this-summer.html Have a great day! The Dorothy Days X
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