Cucumber-Lime Pops with Gin

Name: Cucumber-Lime Pops with Gin
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters 12-ounce cucumber—peeled, seeded and pureed; 1 teaspoons unflavored powdered gelatin; 59 milliliters gin; 59 milliliters fresh lime juice; 2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest; 59 milliliters coarsely chopped mint leaves; 118 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters water

Cucumber-Lime Pops with Gin is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe with 10 servings. One serving contains 58 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have mint leaves, powdered gelatin, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar with the 1/4 cup of water and the mint and bring to a boil. Cover, remove from the heat and let stand for 15 minutes. Strain the mint syrup into a large bowl and let cool to room temperature.

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Sugar

Syrup

Water

Mint

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Bowl

Whisk in the lime zest, lime juice, gin and cucumber puree.

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Lime Juice

Lime Zest

Cucumber

Gin

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Whisk

In a microwave-safe bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over the remaining 1 tablespoon of water and let stand until softened, 5 minutes. Microwave the mixture at high power for 8 seconds, until the gelatin dissolves.

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Gelatin

Water

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Bowl

Whisk the gelatin into the cucumber mixture.

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Cucumber

Gelatin

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Arrange ten 2-ounce paper cups on a baking sheet.

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Pour the popsicle mixture into the cups and freeze for 1 hour, until partially frozen. Insert a stick in the center of each cup and freeze for 30 minutes longer, until fully frozen. Tear off the paper and serve.