Paletas de Tamarindo
These beautiful amber colored paletas de tamarindo taste like sweet tea on a stick and are very refreshing, especially on a sweltering hot day.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 15 tamarind pods
- 4 1/2 cups water
- ¾ cups sugar
Instructions
- 1
Remove hard out shells from tamarind pods.
- 2
Bring tamarind pods and water to a boil.
- 3
While the tamarind is boiling mash them with a potato masher.
- 4
Remove from heat, cover, and let steep for about 30 minutes.
- 5
Using a colander strain the liquid, discard peels, strings, and seeds, and add sugar.
- 6
Pour into 10 3-ounce ice-pop molds.
- 7
Transfer molds to the freezer and freeze until slushy, about 30 minutes.
- 8
Insert a popsicle stick into each mold and freeze until pops are solid, about 3 hours more.
- 9
To release ice pops from molds, run the bottom of the molds briefly under warm water.