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Life Kitchen’s Apple & Ginger Ice Lollies

Ryan Riley and Kim Duke started Life Kitchen to help cancer lovers rediscover their love of food. They've recently turned their attention to helping sufferers of long covid, whose relationship to food has changed because of a loss of taste and smell. Their latest cookbook, Taste & Flavour, uses scientific research to create intensely flavoured recipes for sufferers of long covid. These flavourful apple juice ice lollies have a kick of ginger and spice!

5 minutes, plus freezing prep,

Serves 6

Ingredients

300ml cloudy apple juice

50g golden caster sugar

4–5cm fresh ginger, peeled and grated

Shichimi togarashi, for dipping

Method

Pour the apple juice into a small saucepan over medium heat and add the sugar and grated ginger. Stir well for about 3-4 minutes, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat, allow to cool completely (about 30 minutes), then pour the mixture into ice-lolly moulds. Transfer the lollies to the freezer to set (about 3–4 hours).

To serve, run the moulds briefly under a hot tap, then remove the lollies. Dip the ends into a bowl of the shichimi togarashi (or sprinkle it over) for an extra flavour hit.