What better way to end your Friday than by having these delicious berry ice lolly cocktails with your friends by the pool.

SERVES  4 // COOK TIME 15 min

INGREDIENTS
1 cup mixed berries
1 cup lemonade or lemon soft drink
¼ cup cranberry juice
750 ml sparkling white wine

METHOD
1. Mix the berries, lemonade and cranberry juice. Pour this into ice-lolly moulds and freeze overnight.
2. To serve, place the ice lollies in glasses and fill up with sparkling wine.
3. Stir to infuse the lollies in the wine.

Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Samantha Pinto // HMimages.co.za

Whether you’re spending the day by the pool or heading out to a braai, these green melon cocktails make delicious summer drinks!

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Summer calls for fresh fruity flavours to enjoy with all of your loved ones, like these watermelon ice lollies with ginger and edible flowers.

MAKES 8 // COOKING TIME 20 min plus overnight freezing time

INGREDIENTS
8 wooden ice-cream sticks
½ cup sugar
3 cm piece of ginger, finely sliced
½ cup fresh lemon juice
1½ cups watermelon juice (blended and strained)
Edible flowers

METHOD
1. Soak the ice-cream sticks in water for one hour.
2. Combine ½ cup water and the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ginger and leave to infuse for a few hours.
3. Remove and discard the ginger pieces.
4. Combine the sugar syrup, lemon juice and watermelon juice and mix well.
5. Divide the mixture between 8 ice-lolly moulds and push the flowers into the sides.
6. Freeze for at least one hour and then insert the soaked sticks. Freeze overnight.
7. Run warm water over the moulds to loosen the lollies.

Recipe & styling: Diane Heierli
Photography: Christoph Heierli

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