Fruit Lollies Recipe By Tasty Food

RAINBOW FRUIT LOLLIES

Steps:

• Blitz the mango with ½ banana and 100g yogurt in a blender until smooth. Divide between six ice lolly moulds and insert a stick into each. Hold each stick upright in the mould, and secure on both sides with tape. Freeze for 1 hr until set.
• Repeat with another ½ banana, 100g more yogurt and the kiwi fruit, and pour that over the banana layer. Freeze for another 1 hr until set. Repeat with the raspberries, then the blackberries, freezing each layer before topping with the next. Cover and freeze the lollies overnight. Run under warm water to remove from the moulds. Will keep in the freezer for up to two months.

STRAWBERRY ICE LOLLIES

Steps:

• Tip the strawberries into a blender, food processor or smoothie-maker and blitz to a purée. Add the yogurt and blitz again to combine. Taste for sweetness and add as much sugar or honey as needed - this will depend on the ripeness of the fruit as well as your personal taste.
• Divide the mixture evenly between the holes of a six-hole ice lolly mould - they should be filled to the brim. Insert the lolly sticks and freeze for 4 hrs or until solid. Will keep frozen for up to a month.

FRESH ORANGE LOLLIES

Steps:

• Finely grate ¼ tsp zest from one of the oranges, then peel them, roughly chop the flesh and put in a bowl (or food processor) with the zest and pears. Blitz until as smooth as you can get it, then pour into lolly containers, poke in sticks and freeze until solid.

HEALTHY FRUIT JELLY LOLLIES

Steps:

• Line a tray with baking paper.
• Simmer the juices and berries until they are reduced by half, then add the sugar and tartaric acid and boil the mixture for 3 minutes more.
• Strain.
• Add a little of the hot juice to the gelatine and stir till it dissolves, then add the mix to the rest of the juice.
• Stir thoroughly for a few minutes to make sure it doesn't separate, then pour it all into the tray.
• Leave the mixture to set- this will take around 30 minutes.
• Now use a knife or kitchen scissors to cut the jelly into squares, diamonds, or snakes.
• Or use cookie cutters to cut out fat jelly babies, jelly bunnies, stars or circles.
• Store the jellies between baking paper in a sealed container in a dry, cool place for a day or two, but not too long- remember, they don't have any preservatives in them.
• Throw them out if they start growing mould or look or smell odd, or start dissolving into mush.

FROZEN BANANA LOLLIES

Steps:

• Peel the bananas and trim off the very ends if you'd like them neater. Then chop them each into 4 equal-sized chunks. Thread a strawberry onto each lolly stick first, then push on the pieces of banana.
• When all your banana pops are made lay them on a baking tray and put in the freezer, uncovered, for 1 hr.
• Put the yogurt into a tall glass or jug then dip each banana pop into the yogurt to coat (avoiding the strawberries), then place back onto the tray to refreeze until set.
• Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second bursts (stirring after each blast) then pour into a mug. Dip the end piece of each banana pop in the chocolate then sprinkle over the hundreds and thousands.
• The chocolate should set pretty much instantaneously, but you can keep them in the freezer until you want to serve them for up to 1 week.

FRESH FRUIT ICE POPS (ICE LOLLIES)

Steps:

• Peel Mangos, remove stone and dice. For pineapple remove skin, chop into chunks, for strawberries hull and quarter.
• In a food processor puree the chosen fruit, adding icing sugar and cranberry juice.
• Pulse for 30 seconds.
• Pass mixture through a sieve until pulp is left. Discard pulp.
• Pour mixture equally into ice lolly moulds and freeze (about 24 hours).
• Then enjoy.