Blackcurrant lollies?

[Snadger]

Watched HFW last week and he was making blackcurrant lollies for the kids. I fancy doing the same as I'm a big kid at heart but wondered...........he added the boiled and sweetened blackcurrant juice to yoghurt and then frose it. Will the litre cartons of plain yoghurt from tesco's be ok, or is it 'special' yoghurt?

[BumbleB]

The web page says full fat yoghurt

Blackcurrant Yoghurt Ice Lollies Recipe | Food | Channel4.com

[Snadger]

The web page says full fat yoghurt

Blackcurrant Yoghurt Ice Lollies Recipe | Food | Channel4.com

Ta very much BumbleB! Haven't got a great deal of blackcurrants but this looks like an ideal way to spread out there use........and I lurve ice lollies!

[hmk]

I missed that, but I did make rhubarb and yoghurt ice lollies a few weeks ago which went down very well. And rhubarb and orange juice ones. My only disaster has been kiwi fruit lollies which none of them will eat despite liking the fruit.

[Snadger]

I missed that, but I did make rhubarb and yoghurt ice lollies a few weeks ago which went down very well. And rhubarb and orange juice ones. My only disaster has been kiwi fruit lollies which none of them will eat despite liking the fruit.

Yep....he did make rhubarb lollies also!

[Two_Sheds]

I tried making real fruit lollies last year, and the kids won't eat them because they've got "bits" in ... same with yogurt, they won't eat it unless it's perfectly smooth.

So now I made Orange Squash Lollies for them, and eat the fruit myself.

[Shortie]

Oooo these sound yummy! Does anyone know if this also work swapping the sugar for sweetner?

[Hilary B]

Oooo these sound yummy! Does anyone know if this also work swapping the sugar for sweetner?

Lollies without sugar tend to be very hard (just like flavoured ice cubes).
It may work to use one of the 'spoon for spoon' type sweeteners. I don't know what the 'texturising' ingredient would do in the freezer, (it is meant for making cakes and similar I believe?)

[womble]

We have used Asda's natural low fat yogurt to make lollies with and it's been fine.
It's V cheap as well

[vikkib]

Lollies without sugar tend to be very hard (just like flavoured ice cubes).
It may work to use one of the 'spoon for spoon' type sweeteners. I don't know what the 'texturising' ingredient would do in the freezer, (it is meant for making cakes and similar I believe?)

One thing that helps when making sorbets/lollies etc. is beating a couple of egg whites until fairly stiff and gently folding them into the fruit mixture before freezing. This really helps to stop them getting too hard as it helps trap air in the mixture.

Mmmmmm... quite fancy an ice lolly now!

[Hilary B]

One thing that helps when making sorbets/lollies etc. is beating a couple of egg whites until fairly stiff and gently folding them into the fruit mixture before freezing. This really helps to stop them getting too hard as it helps trap air in the mixture.

Mmmmmm... quite fancy an ice lolly now!

I always include egg white in sorbet. It's a fair time since I made lollies!