{"id":20413,"date":"2018-06-06T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T23:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/?p=20413"},"modified":"2020-10-19T12:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:22:03","slug":"no-drip-raspberry-popsicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/no-drip-raspberry-popsicles\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Drip Raspberry Popsicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ruby red, delicately floral and sweet with a punch of tartness, raspberry popsicles always seem to have a place in my freezer, tucked away for lazy afternoons. When the boys are playing outside and inevitably come in, desperate for a treat, it's easy enough to pluck a popsicle out of the freezer and hand it over, knowing that it'll cool them down and provide some element of joy.<\/p>\n

I enjoy them too, on summer evenings when the sun lingers in the sky. Sometimes I'll pair it with Prosecco or my homemade raspberry liqueur.<\/p>\n

Making Raspberry Popsicles<\/h2>\n

Raspberries only really reach their peak of ripeness - sweetness, flavor and antioxidant capacity - in the summer. Just like all berries, raspberries are fragile and if picked too early, they lack flavor. This makes frozen raspberries a particularly good year-round choice, since they're picked at the peak of ripeness and flash-frozen to preserve their flavor, nutrition and the overall integrity of the fruit.<\/p>\n

To make raspberry popsicles, you'll start by sweetening the fruit with just a touch of honey and reinforcing the raspberries' acidity with a splash of lemon juice, simmering them together before straining away the seeds.<\/p>\n

How to Make No-Drip Popsicles<\/h2>\n

No one likes sticky hands. To keep popsicles from dripping, before pouring the popsicle juice into molds and freezing them, whisk in a little gelatin. The protein structure in gelatin will help keep the popsicles in a semi-solid state as they thaw. So instead of dripping and running down your hands, the popsicles resemble Jello as they thaw - making clean up much easier.<\/p>\n

Because gelatin contains protein, you're not only preventing sticky hands, you're also adding a boost of nutrition too.<\/p>\n

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