Pineapple Cucumber Popsicle/ice Pop

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large cucumber
• 1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunk
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1 tablespoon simple syrup (equal parts granulated sugar and water, heated until the sugar crystals dissolve)
• 1/2 cup fresh pineapple, diced and frozen

Recipe

• 1 set a cheesecloth-lined strainer over a bowl.
• 2 grate most of the cucumber into the strainer, then twist and squeeze the cheesecloth to extract as much of the liquid as possible.
• 3 you will need ½ cup cucumber water.
• 4 in a blender, purée the pineapple chunks with the juice, simple syrup and cucumber water.
• 5 pour into popsicle molds and add the diced pineapple.
• 6 if you like, thinly slice the remaining cucumber and place a slice in each mold. freeze.