Ice pops for adults
Illustration by Fortuna Todisco for Essen A Taste Magazine©
Summer is a season for adults. We learnt it from Billy Wilder (The seven year itch) and Jean-Luc Godard (Le Mépris), Eric Romher (La collectionneuse), P.P.Pasolini (Teorema), Roman Polanski (Che?), Emanuele Crialese (Respiro), Italo Calvino (Marcovaldo) and finally William Shakespeare (A midsummer night’s dream).
Alcoholic ice pops to eat while you’re watching a movie or fulfilling dreams and needs in the time of dog days.
Happy Holidays!
Watermelon Margarita Ice Pops
Ingredients
Ingredients for 8 ice pops:
600 gr chopped seedless watermelon
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons superfine granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup silver tequila
Equipment: 8 (1/3-cup) ice pop molds and 8 wooden sticks or liquorice sticks.
How to do
Purée all ingredients in a blender until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring cup, pressing on and then discarding solids. Skim off any foam, then pour into molds. Freeze 30 minutes. Insert sticks, then freeze until firm, about 24 hours.
Tequila Sunrise ice pops
Ingredients
This ice pops recipe, made with tequila and fruit juices, is made just for adults and it’s a refreshing treat to serve at parties.
Ingredients for 8 ice pops:
1 and 1/2 cups of blueberry juice with 2 spoons of water
1/4 cup tequila
2 tbsp fresh lime juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 tbsp acacia honey
1/4 cup orange juice
How to do
1. In a measuring cup combine cranberry juice cocktail, lime juice, and honey. Pour 4 teaspoons of the juice mixture into the bottom of each mould. Freeze for 1 hour or until firm but not hard. Combine orange juice and tequila and pour the mixture over cranberry mixture. Cover paper cups with foil and insert the sticks into into pop molds; freeze overnight.
