Hi Bold Bakers!
Snow Cones or Shaved Ice is a fruity frozen treat that you generally have when you're
on vacation in the sun.
Well, in true Bigger Bolder Baking fashion, I'm going to show you how you can make the
exact same ones that you have on vacation, at home, and it is really simple.
So let’s get started.
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Okay, shaved ice, snow cones, let’s talk ice.
So let’s start out with our ice, because that’s the main ingredient for our snow
cones.
Now we’re gonna put our ice into a blender.
Now you can use any blender that you have at home, it will work really well.
So in you go.
On with your hat, and then onto your machine.
So you just want to blend this up until the ice is really nice and light and shaved.
Now if you're seeing that your machine is having problems blending, add in a little
splash of water into the bottom and it will actually give traction to the ice and it will
help it blend much better, but only a tiny splash of water.
Okay so that only took around 10, 15 seconds, and your ice is done.
Look at that.
So just get a spatula and pop it into a bowl.
Do you see how it’s really slushy?
Okay, perfect!
Now you're gonna pop this straight into the freezer and keep it frozen until we go to
add our sauces.
So now here's the fun part.
The flavors.
I'm gonna show you how you can make any flavor of sauce that you like.
We're going to make a master recipe and then you can apply that to other fruits, so you
have a variety of different flavors you can make.
The best thing about these snow cones, they're made with all natural fruit and no corn syrup
added.
So, let’s start out with our fruit.
Here I have some pineapple.
Now all you want to do is just put that into a pot over medium heat, and then we’re going
to add some sugar.
So now you just want to let this simmer for around two to three minutes until it breaks
down and it forms a sauce.
Feel free to break down the fruit with the back of a spatula just to help the sauce along.
Okay my pineapple has softened and it’s been simmering for around three to four minutes,
so now I'm gonna take it off and put it into my food processor.
So you just want to blend this up until it is really smooth and all the pineapple has
broken down.
So the reason that I did pineapple first is ‘cause I always think of this as kind of
a tropical treat, so like pineapple and shaved ice go really well together.
Okay, that it, our first flavor, ready to go.
Took no time at all.
Now I'm just gonna set this aside and let it go totally cold.
So my sauce is cooled down, my ice is ready to go, so now I'm gonna assemble my snow cone.
Now when you go to make yours, do your sauces up first, get them all ready and then at the
very last minute, do your ice, and that when you'll have best results.
So I'm gonna pack my ice into my frozen bowl, and then I have my pineapple sauce that has
cooled down, and there you go, my favorite part of the job.
Ohh!
Oh, yum!
Mm, I think I'm on to a winner with these guys.
That is so good.
So as far as fruit flavors go, raspberry has to be my all time favorite.
So that's the next snow cone we’re going to make.
Add your fruit into the saucepan.
You can use fresh or frozen berries, that is totally fine.
Add in your sugar, and then just bring this to a simmer and let it simmer for roughly
three minutes, until it forms a sauce.
So we don't have snow cones in Ireland, what we have is a Mr Frosty, or a Mr Slushy, they're
really good, they're the exact same.
When I was a kid, every single Christmas we asked for a Mr Frosty machine, you used to
be able to make your own snow cones at home and you had the flavors and everything.
We never, ever got one, so maybe Kevin might buy me one.
Just like the other sauce, stir it around, and then bash down the fruit with your spatula
to get it to release its juices.
Now when it comes to your sugar, you can alter the sweetness depending on how much you like,
and if you also don't want to use white sugar, you can try and put agave or something in
there, or even stevia, or a more natural sugar, and that will work really well too.
Okay, this is looking great, the raspberries have broken down and it’s forming its sauce.
Now I'm gonna take it off and I'm gonna pour it into my food processor.
Now the reason that I'm doing this ‘cause I want to get rid of any lumps that are in
there.
So on with our hat, and then just blend it up until it’s nice and smooth; it only takes
a few seconds.
Okay so this is looking good, now the last thing I want to do with this is actually sieve
it, because raspberry is loaded with seeds, so I want to get them all out of there, so
we get a nice, smooth sauce.
So I don't know if you've even noticed this, but raspberry flavor traditionally is always
blue, which is so crazy.
But I think it’s because they to differentiate it from strawberries, but raspberry flavor
should not be blue, it should be lookin’ like this.
Okay, that's my sauce.
It’s nice and cold, so we can add it over our ice.
Go ahead and generously spoon your raspberry sauce over the top of your ice.
Look at that!
How it soaks into the ice, it’s so pretty.
Now if you find that your sauce is a little bit thick, add a tiny bit of water to it,
that will work really well too.
Just to thin it out and help it soak into all that ice.
I think I love raspberries so much because the flavor is amazing but the color is so
vibrant.
Just look how pretty that is.
Even the smell of this is delicious.
Mm!
Look how beautiful it is, and how all of it soaked through the ice.
I tell you what, you always think when you're on vacation like I can never have these when
I'm at home, but you are so wrong, they are super easy to make.
And so delicious.
Okay, mm, yum.
Okay, so we made two flavors.
Now let’s see what other flavors we can make.
So the most common snow cone that you see when you're on vacation is a rainbow colored
one with lots of different colors and different fruits.
I'm gonna show you how you can do that.
We already have yellow from pineapple, red from the raspberry, so now I'm going to show
you how we’re gonna purple and orange, and it’s gonna look beautiful.
So just like before, add some blueberries into a pot, with some sugar, then simmer for
three minutes.
Once your sauce what formed, pour it into your food processor and blend it up until
it’s nice and smooth.
Next, pass it through a sieve to remove any bits of skin and there is your purple sauce.
So now for our orange color.
Into your saucepan, add in some mangos, and then we’re going to add some sugar, and
then just like before, simmer for three minutes.
You'll know it’s ready ‘cause you'll see the sauce forming.
Then, remove it from the heat, and pour it into your food processor and blend until it’s
a nice, smooth sauce.
You do not need to sieve this color because it has no seeds and it has no skin so it’ll
be nice and smooth by itself.
Okay now we have our orange color, let’s bring them all together.
So now we have all of our colors, and I’ll tell you what I did.
I out them into a squeeze-y bottle.
Now I'm gonna put a link on my website of where you can buy these, they're really inexpensive,
and I'm gonna have my ice right here, I've mounded it up, then I'm gonna take my squeeze-y
bottle and so a line of each flavor.
So there is raspberry, pineapple, blueberry, oh this is gonna taste so good, and then of
course, mango, so you got a little bit of tropical, you got lovely and sweet in there,
this is gonna be absolutely gorgeous.
Look at that!
While you're on your summer vacation or taking holidays, take some time out to do some baking
and make fun recipes just like this one.
And remember, you can make any flavor that you want to.
This is so simple.
It's ice, fruit, a little bit of sweetness; this is such a fantastic treat for the summertime
when it’s hot out.
This is guaranteed to cool you down, and it takes no time to make at all.
I really hope you try this recipe out, thank you so much for watching, and I will see you
back here really soon, for more Bigger Bolder Baking.