Lime and Limoncello Margarita Popsicles (with chilli and lime smoked salt)

By Claudia Anton

It’s still balmy enough to enjoy a cool frozen cocktail on a stick. In fact these are good even when it’s not hot outside. A combination of sweet and zingy, with an extra lemon kick of limoncello in the mix and surprising pinch of hot chilli or zesty lime smoked salt to really tease your tastebuds. I custom sprinkled mine using the Cole and Mason Saunderton spice Cylinder, which was perfect to store for now and future cravings.

Strictly for grown-ups.

Kitchen Tools needed: 

• Ice popsicle/lolly mould with wooden sticks or holders. (alternatively you can use disposable small paper cups and teaspoons)
• Cole and Mason Saunderton spice cylinder.
• A fine zester

Serves: Makes 10 popsicles

Prep:

15 minutes plus overnight freezing time

 Difficulty – easy

Ingredients

• 200g caster sugar
• 200g boiling water
• 50ml lemon juice
• 50ml lime juice
• 60ml limoncello
• 60ml tequila
• 250ml cold water (extra)
• Sliced lime rounds
• ½ cup of smoke sea salt flakes (I used Maldon flakes)
• 1/2 tablespoon dried chilli flakes
• Finely grated zest of one lime
  
  METHOD

Mix the boiling water and caster sugar and stir to dissolve. This creates a simple sugar syrup. Chill
Mix the sugar syrup with the lemon and lime juice, limoncello, tequila and extra water

1. Place a thinly sliced lime round into each popsicle mould and fill with the margarita mixture, leaving a small space at the top. Add the sticks/holders and cover, freezing overnight until completely solid.
2. Divide the salt into halves and mix one half with chilli flakes to taste and the other with fresh lime zest.
3. Unmould the popsicles to serve (they may need to be briefly dipped in hot water to loosen them), sprinkle with a little of the salt mixture and lick-suck-slurp!

 TIPS

This mixture could also be churned into a sorbet or frozen in a tray and scraped with a fork to make a fresh granita.

Make sure you freeze these well as the concentration of sugar and alcohol means they have a lower freezing point.