Fruits!
In summer, what could be fresher, better and more colorful than a fruit popsicles?
I like to use seasonal ingredients to create simple recipes. I love traditional Bolognese and Romagna cuisine, but I don’t eat tortellini everyday.
What I offer you is a treat that seems more a sorbetto then a popsicles even if made only with fresh fruit (and water) and no sugar.
They only take a few minutes to blend the pulp and half an hour of patience, waiting for the right consistency of the fruit popsicles.
Fruit popsicles are a true summer ode to the freshness.
They are perfect for a garden merenda, served on a dish, on a bed of ice cubes!
But I serve these popsicles yet at the end of a meal, like fresh and sweet treat, or during the dinner like an Italian sorbetto. In this case, do not use the chocolate drops.
Versatile, healthy and so fresh!
Buona cucina, xo
Monica
Italian Melons
Well, I use cantaloupe melon variety, but you take your sweet fav. In Italy there are many (summer) melon varieties. The producer regions are Sicily, Campania, Puglia, Lazio and, in the north, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. In Emilia-Roamgna, where Bologna is the capital and where I’m living, there is a famous typical variety called melone di San Matteo della Decima that Italian Ministry of Agriculture’s includes in the traditional food products list.
Fruit Popsicles Recipe
6 popsicle molds
you need: popsicles wooden sticks
Ingredients
300 g chopped watermelon pulp
200 g chopped melon pulp, cantaloupe variety
2 g water
dark chocolate drops, to taste
Directions
Starting first puree the melon with 1g of water. Pour the mixture into popsicle molds under to the halfway mark and leave in freezer for about 10 minutes.
In the meantime, remove any seeds from watermelon and puree.
Add the drops of dark chocolate, distribute them helping you with a thin wooden stick.
Put in the freezer, add the wooden sticks and leave to rest for at least half an hour.
Store in the freezer, wrapped in paper for food, for several days.
Cooking Inspirations for Fruit Lovers
I use seasonal fruit to make both sweet and savory recipes. I cook jams, salads, homemade juices, breakfast cakes and semifreddi. On the blog you will find many recipes where I used fresh and in season fruit, have you already had a look?
