Ice,
ice, baby...
Woo
wee, it's hot. Hell yeah, it is. To counter the welcome, yet rare,
warm weather we're currently experiencing, you need something cool
and refreshing, right? You could keep popping down to the corner shop
to buy some ice lollies, but that would be horrendously expensive and
you'd look like some kind of weirdo. Instead, simply make your own –
and we've found a great range of lolly moulds to cool off with this
summer. We check out a few from Lékué.
Lékué
do a huge range of food moulds, but we were sent three different
lolly kinds to try out:
Stackable
Ice Lolly Moulds
A
fresh take on the traditional popsicle moulds, they use a silicone
base with a transparent plastic top and plastic stick that slides
into the mould. As each mould freezes the juice while laying flat,
you can stack several on top of the other, saving space in the
fridge. Getting the actual lolly out of the mould is also much easier
because of this, as you simply pull off the lid, press out the
popsicle by bending the silicone, then slide out the stick. No need
to run the mould under warm water, and no tugging away to get it
free.
£3.90
each, or £12.90 for four
Collapsible
Ice Cream Mould
As
you might not be making your own ice lollies every month of the year
(Merry Christmas! Fancy a lolly?), storing those moulds can be a bit
of a pain in the bum. Fortunately Lékué also sent us one of their
collapsible moulds, which as well as making a single large lolly,
also folds in on itself to store neat and tidy. Again, a silicone
body is used, so when it comes to removing the lolly itself, you
simply stretch back the material and peel it out.
£3.90
each, or £12.90 for four
Frozen
Fruit Mould
To
get the kids to eat more fresh fruit, freeze it! Mixing chunks of
fruit with juice, milk, or yogurt makes for a tasty and colourful
pop, and this mould makes it easy to do just that. It is a rigid kind
of plastic, unlike the flexible silicone versions, so getting the
treat out of there once frozen is a little trickier, but the
stiffness means you can really squash a lot of fruit in there. It
also means you can use it to chop out disks of things like melon and
pineapple to freeze instantly. Nice.
£3.90
each
The
great thing about each of the Lékué moulds is that they come with
recipe suggestions and instructions, so you'll be inspired to make
more than the standard 'pour in juice, wait for it to freeze'
lollies. We had fun experimenting with chopped up fruit and different
kinds of yogurt. Needless to say the summer heat has been a lot easier to deal with!
Check
out Lékué's full range at www.lekue.com
