Voćne lučke od bijelih bresaka – White peaches ice lollies - Ghiaccioli di pesche bianche

Ljeto je!

Ljeto je kad nas pogled u nebo u trenu oslijepi, a zadah nam se gasi pod sparnim utegom nevidljive moći!

I kad nam sluh ogluši snažan zvuk glazbe iz obližnjeg parka, a cvrčci nas uspavljuju dok i njihova glazba ne utihne!

Ljeto je i kad je odbrojavanje dana do odmora sve kraće, a sati koji nas dijele od polaska su beskonačni!

Breskve su sočne i mirisne, a svaki zagriz me preplavi toplinom dok mi ljepljivi nektar curi po prstima i dlanu, curi mi čak do podlaktice, curi po svuda i suši se na koži kao puževa slina…jer je ljeto, jer je vruće, jer se osušen nektar breskve najbolje opere u slanoj vodi dok mi ruke još uvijek mirišu na zrele plodove.

Smrznuti jogurt s malinama - Frozen yogurt with raspberries - Yogurt ghiacciato con lamponi

Maline nisam nikad kupila niti u trgovini, niti na tržnici. Mislim da one nikad ne bi stigle kući cijele i jestive. To je voće koje se jede dok se bere, jedu se  svi plodovi koji se malo zdrobe u berbi, a i ne samo ti zdrobljeni plodovi se pojedu. Ja se obično najedem malina dok ih berem, a berem ih samo ako u pravi čas stignem kući u k mojima.

Kameni zid iza kuće se ljeti zazeleni i potpuno prekrije širokim lišćem malina iza kojih se kriju sitni i sočni crveni plodovi. Nisu to one ogromne maline koje se mogu kupiti u trgovini ili na tržnici. Te naše domaće maline su starinske, imaju sitnije plodove koji nisu ni tako slatki kao one ogromne maline iz prozirnih kutijica koje bih ja sigurno kući donijela potpuno zdrobljene.

Frozen yoghurt with white peaches – Yogurt ghiacciato con pesche bianche – Smrznuti jogurt s bijelim breskvama

Cicada's concert is live all day long. Until late in the night and I'm listening these summer buzz in the shade of my kitchen. Patiently, all day long, it relaxes me. During hot and humid summer nights it induces sleep. And it suddenly stops, around one o'clock every night. While hot breez cools the air before another shiny day make me craving more and more something refreshing, something soft and easy. And I'm back in the kitchen, in front of the open fridge, absorbing the chilliness that is flowing out from it. Some more seconds. I stay motionless, enjoying the wellness of my body. In that moment I fell very selfish, but I fell comforted, for a while I forget my green nature. I need to forget that I'm consuming energy and harming the environment. My mind is waking me up, I rapidly take a couple of things from the fridge and I close it, rapidly.
Peaches are ripe, perfumed and juicy. White peaches...I didn't like  white peaches when I was younger. Now I adore them, they are not too  sweet, their pulp is so fascinating, so white inside and pink near to the peel.
During one of those hot and buzzing nights I've dreamed about cold, thirst-quenching white peach ice cubes melting in my mouth. Fresh and juicy.
During one of those hot and buzzing days I made this frozen dessert and it turned fresh and easy, not too sweet and thirst-quenching like the imaginary ice cubes from my dream.