Delicious recipes to stay cool in the summer

At the height of summer, chilled fruit drinks come into their own. These recipes are simple to make, healthy and refreshing.

Ingredients:

• Pulp of 12 passionfruits
• 10 ml (2 tsp) citric acid
• 500 ml (2 c) sugar

1. Combine ingredients in a bowl and pour 600 millilitres (2 1/2 cups) of boiling water over them.
2. When cold, strain and bottle.
3. To drink, mix a small amount with water.

Ingredients:

• 1 large ripe pineapple
• 8 large oranges
• 8 passionfruit

1. Peel and core the pineapple.
2. Cut the flesh into pieces and purée in a blender until smooth.
3. Pass through a sieve to remove fibres.
4. Cut the oranges in half and squeeze and strain the juice; you will need about 900 millilitres (3 3/4 cups).
5. Halve the passionfruit and scoop out the seeds into a sieve placed over a bowl. Mash the seeds into the sieve to extract all the juice.
6. Mix the juices in a jug. Serve with ice. Makes six 125 millilitre (half cup) servings.

You can substitute these fruits with some of your favourites and use trial and error to find the tastiest summer refresher.