WATERMELON ROSEMARY LEMONADE POPSICLES

A friend  tagged me in a   Boozy Watermelon Rosemary Lemonade recipe Facebook post from food52.com a few weeks ago and suggested i made it into Popsicle's after making a picture I poured  half into the Popsicle molds and was able to enjoy them while walking my dog without looking like an alcoholic.

 

the directions adopted from food52.com

What you will need 

 

  • 3/4 cup sugar

  •   cups water

  •  4 sprigs rosemary

  •  1 cup of lemon juice - fresh squeezed

  •  7  cups watermelon - cut into a 1" dice - approx half a medium watermelon

  •  8  ounces gin

  •   1 lemon - thinly sliced

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Directions

  1. Place sugar and 1 cup of water in a small saucepan, add rosemary sprigs. Cook over medium heat stirring until the sugar dissolves. Once dissolved remove from heat, cover saucepan and let sit for at least an hour to infuse.
  2. In a blender combine the lemon juice with cubed watermelon. Add the watermelon in batches, blending in between each addition.
  3. Add in the rosemary simple syrup 1/4 cup at a time until the mixture is at your desired sweetness. I use about a cup.
  4. Pour the mixture into a large pitcher and add 1 cup of cold water, and the gin. Stir to combine. Serve in jars garnished with a lemon slice and half of a rosemary sprig.

To make Popsicle's i added one thin slice of lemon to each Popsicle mold and filled with the  mixture let it freeze for about 10 hours  

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