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Strawberry Orange Lemonade

March 19, 2015 by TheWhiteRamekins

strawberry & orange lemonade

“Who says you need summers to gulp down the icy cold lemonades”, I reiterated this to myself thinking it doesn’t really matters if summers aren’t still here. Ideally, the season should have been upon us by now, but I think, with a couple of thunderstorms and some snowfalls in higher  up the mountains, it is delayed by a couple of weeks probably. But you know that cravings can’t be delayed. I have been sipping onto icy cold drinks in my office lately, stealing away quick breaks from work in the afternoon; could it be a glass of fresh orange juice, an ice tea or even a large tumbler of iced coffee for that matter. And then I realized it’s the right time to make lemonade at home. Right when you’ve got fresh juicy strawberries and fragrant oranges from the Spring season. Another excuse to make something with the seasonal produce! This recipe has got no rules and is really dead simple. It’s just about eyeballing of ingredients and make your own concoction. And as this recipe doesn’t involve any cooking of fruit, it would stay good in fridge for a couple of days only. A quick blending of all the ingredients in a liquidizer and all you get is lovely and refreshing lemonade. Besides being cold and refreshing, it is full of vitamins and minerals from the real fruit. So, go for it, before these lovely berries and oranges disappear with the soon fleeting Spring.

strawberry & orange lemonade

strawberry & orange lemonade

strawberry & orange lemonade

strawberry & orange lemonade

strawberry & orange lemonade

strawberry & orange lemonade

Strawberry & Orange Lemonade
2015-03-19 08:17:02
Strawberry & Orange Lemonade
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Ingredients
  1. 750 gm strawberries, washed, hulled & cut in halves, about 4 cups
  2. 2 Oranges, juiced and rind separated
  3. 1 lemon, juiced and rind separated
  4. 3/4 cup honey, adjust based on your preference and sweetness of strawberries
  5. 4 cups of water
  6. Ice
  7. Strawberry slices and mint leaves. to garnish
Instructions
  1. Put strawberries, orange juice, rind, lemon juice and lemon rind, honey and 1 cup of water in a blender and blend on high speed.
  2. Strain the mixture through a sieve.
  3. Add remaining water and ice.
  4. Serve chilled in glasses with strawberry slices and mint leaves as garnish.
By Himanshu Taneja
The White Ramekins https://thewhiteramekins.com/

 

Filed Under: Drinks Tagged With: drinks, food, fresh, healthy, lemonade, oranges, recipes, spring, strawberries, summer

Plum & Basil Popsicles

August 24, 2014 by TheWhiteRamekins

Plum & Basil Popsicles

With this post I would officially be signing off with the summer bounty of stone fruits. It was the last of the stash of sweet and puckery plums which I had tucked away in my freezer. I had been wanting to make ice pops, the perfect treat to reminisce the summer and surely the apt way to bid adieu to all the wonderful stone fruits which summer has to offer.

Plum & Basil Popsicles

This year, rains have left us little early and it has become hot and humid again. My basil plant has been ever so growing lately, flourishing heavily like never before. Plum & Basil popsicles seemed to be the right choice for these hot and sunny days. These are the kind of pops which you would have liked probably growing up than being as a kid. They are so puckery and tantalizing! They reminded me of the Plum Sorbet which I had made last year.  They almost taste like a palate cleanser.

Plum & Basil Popsicles

And look at their color! Vibrant red color ice pops, they look quite sultry! Pardon my cheeky language, but truly speaking, this is what I felt, when I first saw the color. And you’d believe that they have the similar character too, only after you take the first bite. Again sweet and sour at the same time and tantalizing your taste buds.

 Plum & Basil Popsicles

Plum & Basil Popsicles
2014-08-24 07:36:28
Sweet and sour plum & basil popsicles to tantalize your taste buds through the summer
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Ingredients
  1. 500 gm plums, de-stoned and quartered
  2. 2 cups water
  3. 3/4 cup sugar (adjust sugar depending upon the tartness)
  4. 1/2 cup loosely packed basil leaves, chopped roughly
  5. 1 tbsp kirsch (optional)
Instructions
  1. Put plums, sugar and water into a non reactive saucepan and cook on a medium heat for about 10 minutes, until plums are tender.
  2. Take the saucepan off the heat, add the basil leaves and kirsch and let stand covered for about an hour.
  3. Put the plums in a blender or a liquidizer and blend to make a smooth puree.
  4. Strain the mixture through a sieve. Divide the mixture into ice pop molds and place in freezer for half an hour or until the mixture is lightly set.
  5. Take the molds out of the freezer and insert the wooden sticks into each mold and put them back into the freezer, until completely set.
By Himanshu Taneja
The White Ramekins https://thewhiteramekins.com/

Filed Under: ice cream Tagged With: food, fresh, ice cream, ice pops, plums, stone fruit, summer

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