Tropical Rainbow

Tropical Rainbow
This recipe makes 4 servings with 228 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat each. If $1.52 per serving falls in your budget, Tropical Rainbow might be a spectacular gluten free and dairy free recipe to try. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes. If you have blueberries, strawberries, tequila, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Place the sugar and 1 cup (250 ml) water in a saucepan and slowly bring to a boil, allowing the sugar to dissolve.
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Let simmer gently for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat.
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Place the blueberries in a food processor and add the blue curaçao and one-third of the sugar syrup (about 5 tablespoons). Blitz until completely smooth, then pour into the bottom of four popsicle molds and place in the freezer for 1 1/2 hours.
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Meanwhile, clean the food processor bowl and add the mango with the tequila and another one-third of the syrup. Blitz until completely smooth.
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When the blueberry base is frozen solid, remove the molds from the freezer and pour over the mango mixture. Return the molds to the freezer and freeze for another 1 1/2 hours.
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Finally, blitz together the strawberries, rum, and remaining syrup.
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Pour the strawberry mixture over the mango layer once it has frozen solid.
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Freeze for another 1 1/2 hours, or until completely solid.
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Reprinted with permission from Poptails: Over 40 Alcohol-Infused Popsicles, Ices, and Slushes by Laura Fyfe. Photographs by Lis Parsons. Copyright © Octopus Publishing Group Ltd 2013.
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DifficultyNormal
Ready In20 m.
Servings4
Health Score2
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