Paletas de Naranja con Chamoy

Name: Paletas de Naranja con Chamoy
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 oranges, peeled, sliced, and finely chopped; ¼ cup (60 ml) fresh lemon juice; Chile powder or sea salt, for garnish; ¾ cup (180 ml) chamoy (preferably homemade); 3 cups (720 ml) filtered water; 1 cup (240 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice; ½ cup (100 g) sugar; Chile powder or sea salt, for garnish

Preparation info

Makes
12
paletas

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Asada

By Bricia Lopez and Javier Cabral

Published 2023

About

Come the hot weather, chamoy on everything is pretty much how we roll in our household. We drizzle this sweet and sour sauce on sliced mangoes, on micheladas, and use it in these orange paletas—Mexican ice pops—that work great as a palate cleanser after a meal.

Ingredients

3 cups (720 ml) filtered water
½ cup (100

Americas
Mexico
Dessert
Central America
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Blend the water and sugar in a blender until the sugar has completely dissolved. Mix in the orange juice, lemon juice, and chopped orange bits.

Pour the orange base into popsicle molds. Freeze overnight.

The next day, remove the popsicles from their molds, one at a time, and set aside on a plate. Add about 1 tablespoon chamoy to the bottom of each mold and return the frozen pale