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Red White & Blue Slushies

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Freeze Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • Strawberry Red Layer:
  • 3 cups fresh or frozen strawberries hulled
  • 3 tablespoons sugar or honey to taste
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup water
  • 1½ cups ice cubes
  • Coconut Lemonade White Layer:
  • 1 cup full-fat coconut milk chilled
  • ½ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons sugar or honey to taste
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups ice cubes
  • Blueberry Blue Layer:
  • 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 3 tablespoons sugar or honey to taste
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup water
  • 1½ cups ice cubes
  • For Assembling and Serving:
  • 8 tall clear cups at least 450ml capacity
  • Red white, and blue paper straws
  • Fresh strawberry slices for garnish
  • Fresh blueberries for garnish
  • Lemon slices for garnish
  • Fresh mint sprigs for garnish optional

Instructions
 

  • Blend strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and water until smooth. Pour into a shallow freezer container. Freeze at least 4 hours or overnight until solid.
  • Combine coconut milk, lemon juice, sugar, and vanilla. Whisk until sugar dissolves. Pour into a second freezer container. Freeze at least 4 hours or overnight until solid.
  • Blend blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and water until smooth. Pour into a third freezer container. Freeze at least 4 hours or overnight until solid.
  • Remove strawberry layer from freezer. Break into chunks. Blend with ice cubes on high until smooth and pourable. Transfer to a jug. Return to freezer.
  • Rinse blender. Break coconut lemonade layer into chunks. Blend with ice cubes until smooth and pourable. Transfer to a jug. Return to freezer.
  • Rinse blender. Break blueberry layer into chunks. Blend with ice cubes until smooth and pourable. Transfer to a jug. Return to freezer.
  • Line up all eight cups. Work quickly from this point.
  • Pour strawberry red layer into each cup filling one third of the way up.
  • Pour coconut lemonade white layer slowly over the back of a long-handled spoon held above the red layer. Fill to two thirds.
  • Pour blueberry blue layer slowly over the back of a spoon above the white layer until cup is full.
  • Garnish immediately with strawberry slice on rim, blueberries on top, paper straw, lemon slice, and mint sprig.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

  • Freeze base layers the night before — completely solid bases blend into the smoothest slushie consistency
  • Use shallow freezer containers for faster, more even freezing and easier breaking into chunks
  • Blend one layer at a time and keep all others in the freezer until needed
  • Set up cups, jugs, garnishes, and straws before beginning assembly — speed is essential
  • Add ice gradually while blending for the smoothest and most consistent texture
  • Taste every base layer before freezing, and make it slightly sweeter than ideal
  • Pre-chill cups in the freezer for ten minutes before assembling
    Always use the back-of-spoon technique for the middle and top layers
  • Work in batches of four cups at a time if serving a large group
    Freeze base layers in ice cube trays for the easiest blending workflow