Paleta de Cereza Dominicana [Video+Recipe] Acerola Popsicles

Paleta de Cereza Dominicana [Video+Recipe] Acerola Popsicles

Looking for esquimalitos / paletas / helado de cerezas dominicanas? Then you'll love this acerola or Barbados cherries popsicles with the crisp flavors of the Caribbean in a summer favorite.

Course Breakfast, Dinner

Cuisine Dominican

Keyword acerola dessert, acerola recipes, barbados cherry juice, cereza dominicana

Prep Time 15

Freezing 3

Total Time 3 15

Servings porciones

Calories 143kcal

Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

2 cups acerola (West Indian cherries) cerezas, Dominican cherries (rinsed)
¾ cup sugar (white, granulated) (or to taste)
1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Blend

In the blender vase, combine acerola cerezas with 1½ cups of potable water. Blend slowly for about 90 seconds so the pulp breaks down without dissolving the drupes (seeds).
If you have a juicer, press the fruit and then add the water to the extracted juice.

2. Sieve

Strain the juice with a medium-mesh strainer, pressing the fruit to extract as much juice as possible.

3. Make pops

Add sugar to taste and vanilla to the juice.
Pour the juice into 6-8 popsicle molds (depending on the size you have), or into glasses with smooth tapered sides.
Add the sticks.

4. Freeze and serve

Freeze for 8 hours or overnight.
To remove them from the mold, dip the mold in lukewarm water for a couple of seconds to loosen the popsicles and serve inmediately.

Video

Notes

Use an equivalent amount of your favorite sweetener instead of sugar if you prefer it sugar-free.

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