Nectarine-Chile Ice Pops

Name: Nectarine-Chile Ice Pops
Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon light corn syrup; 1/4 teaspoon table salt; 2 (1/4-inch-thick) jalapeno pepper slices (with seeds); 4 large nectarines, peeled and quartered; 1 1/2 teaspoons firmly packed lime zest; 1/4 cup fresh lime juice; 10 food-safe wooden craft sticks

8 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon table salt
2 (1/4-inch-thick) jalapeno pepper slices (with seeds)
4 large nectarines, peeled and quartered
1 1/2 teaspoons firmly packed lime zest
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
10 food-safe wooden craft sticks

Directions

1

To make a sugar syrup, bring first 3 ingredients and 3 Tbsp. water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes or just until sugar dissolves. Add pepper slices, and cook, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Remove from heat; let stand 15 minutes. Discard jalapeno pepper slices.
2

Process sugar syrup, nectarines, and next 2 ingredients in a food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Pour mixture into 10 (2-oz.) plastic pop molds. Top with lids of pop molds, and freeze 1 hour. Insert craft sticks, leaving 1 1/2 to 2 inches sticking out, and freeze 7 more hours or until sticks are solidly anchored and pops are completely frozen.