Few weeks ago, holding tightly on the fence at the tip off of the boat and resisting fierce wind with a huge smile on my face, I realised the thing I adore with summer is actually cold. This is the only time when the cold feels good. My cold feet vata dosha constantly demands warmth, and cold food outside summer feels like eating rocks. But in extreme heat of summer – oh, the soothing feeling of a cold bite sliding down the throat.

Bet you are searching for some recipes to be prepared straight from the fridge in the hot summer. Here is one tipsy adult popsicle recipe, featured in the latest edition of Mrvica magazine. These are best stocked up in the fridge for spontaneous drop by. Forget gin on rocks with slice of cucumber, lick it off the stick and you won’t even notice you got yourself drunk.

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White currant & Cucumber Gin popsicles

350g fresh white currants

½ cup sugar

Juice of half a lemon

1 cup gin

½l water

1 sliced lemon

1 sliced cucumber

The number of popsicles depends on your molds. I didn’t have any so I used plastic champagne glasses which worked great, and resulted in 8 popsicles. Simmer the the white currants and sugar with about ½ a cup of water for 8-10 mins. Leave to cool. Strain, and push pulp through sieve to remove seeds. Add the lemon juice, gin and water. Pour in popsicle model, insert cucumber and lemon slices and freeze for at least 5 hours.