How To Organize a Perfect Pool Party
The days are getting warmer and warmer and it’s perfect time to think about upcoming summer parties with family and friends.
You can hardly find someone who would refuse to attend a pool party. So why not to organize it yourself? Here are some tips that will help you to get ready for it.
Preparation
- Find the right swimming pool. You can use your own if you have it, or rent a swimming pool in a hotel or private residence on Airbnb.
- Determine the date of the party. Find out in advance whether your friends are invited to another party on that day, so not to put them in an awkward position. Check what the weather will be – ideally you need a hot day with sunny weather.
- Prepare the swimming pool for the party. The pool and decking area needs to be perfectly clean and neat. Call specialists, if required: there are companies like The Blue Lagoons for example that organize all sort of cleaning and maintaining services. Think about some festive decorations – colourful balloons and inflatable swing rings will set the right mood.
- Think about food and drinks. Good options could be pizza, Chinese / Japanese dishes, soft drinks, and juices – something you could just grab from the plate and go. Think about your tastes and the tastes of your friends. Here are some cool ideas of recipes for a pool party.
Recipes for a pool party
Sorbet
12 servings
• ¾ st. lime juice
• 1¼ tbsp. Sahara
• ½ st. white rum
• 1½ tbsp. grapefruit juice
• 12 forms for ice cream with a capacity of 85 ml
1. In a jug or large measuring glass, mix the lime juice, ¾ tbsp. sugar, ¼ st. rum and 1½ st. water. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour into six forms for ice cream.
2. In a jug or large measuring glass, mix the juice of grapefruit, the remaining sugar and rum and ¾ st. water. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Pour into six forms for ice cream.
3. Send it to the freezer for 1 hour, insert the sticks into the ice cream and freeze for at least 4 more hours.
Shrimp salad with cucumber
8 servings
• 1 kg of raw small frozen shrimps
• 2 roots of fennel with herbs
• 1 long cucumber
• 1 red onion
• 1 tbsp. l. finely grated lemon zest
• ¼ st. lemon juice
• ⅓ art. olive oil
• ⅓ art. finely chopped dill • salt and pepper to taste
1. Throw the shrimp in salted boiling water; when the water boils again, reduce heat and cook for about 3 minutes. Drain, allow to cool.
2. Peel the shrimp, fold it into a large bowl. Cut the roots of fennel diagonally thin slices, cucumber – thin circles, onions – thin rings; Add to the shrimp vegetables, greens fennel and lemon juice. 3. Stir, season with salt and pepper.
4. Sprinkle with olive oil, add the zest and dill, mix. Pepper again before serving.
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Fruit bar
8 servings
• 1¼ tbsp. chilled gin
• 1 tbsp. chilled lemon juice
• ½ st. Sahara
• 2 chopped lemon slices
• 1 chopped thin slices of mango
• ½ sliced with thin mugs of long cucumber
• 6 sprigs of mint
• 10 cm thinly chopped ginger root
• 1 tbsp. raspberries
• 1 tbsp. sliced in half a strawberry
• Soda water for feeding
1. In a pitcher or large measuring glass, mix gin, lemon juice and sugar: stir until the sugar dissolves. Clean in the refrigerator before serving.
2. Arrange the lemon, mango, cucumber, mint, ginger, strawberries and raspberries on a plate or on separate bowls (experiment: any fruits and berries will fit, except perhaps bananas). Serve with a gin mixture, soda and ice.
3. To mix a cocktail to taste, put in the tall glass the desired ingredients from point 2, add ice and ¼ st. alcohol base, top up with soda water.
Baked sweet peppers with chili and garlic
8 servings
• 1.5 kg of red sweet peppers
• 250 grams of chili peppers (optional)
8 cloves of garlic
• ½ st. olive oil
• 2 tbsp. l. red wine vinegar • ½ tsp. Sahara
• salt and black freshly ground pepper to taste
1. Preheat the oven to 150 ° C.
2. Slice the sweet pepper along the quarters, chili pepper – along the half (peel off the seeds if you do not want the dish to get too sharp). 3. Put peppers and garlic in a large baking dish, add butter and sugar, mix; season with salt and black pepper.
4. Send everything to the oven and bake for 2-2.5 hours until the pepper is completely soft.
5. Allow to cool, add the vinegar, mix.
