Ever since I tried sorbet, I've always wondered how it was made. I've found out that not only is it probably the easiest recipe I have ever tried, but the options for making new flavors are exciting because it is so easy! If you like sorbet, you will appreciate this recipe : )
Ingredients: (makes roughly 6 servings)
- 2 1/2 cups Fruit of your choice (i.e. Apricot, Banana, Mango, Peach, Strawberry)
- 1 cup Water (preferably don't use tap water)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 tbs Lemon juice
Directions:
- Combine sugar and water in a pan.
- Boil mixture until reduced to 1 cup.
- Once the mixture has cooled, combine with fruit and lemon juice in a blender or food processor.
- Blend fruit mix until pureed, pour into a dish of your choice and set in freezer until almost firm (about 1 - 2 hours)
- Take the nearly frozen solid mixture out and break into pieces for blender.
- Blend frozen mixture until smooth and slushy, be careful not to over process.
- Pour mix into bowl and place in the freezer until completely frozen.
- To serve, take the sorbet out of the freezer 5 minutes before serving.
- Enjoy!
Strawberry:
Mango:


Comments
Very clever!
charles,
Your blending method is a great way to avoid the use of a conventional pre-freeze highly cumbersome frozen yogurt maker/sorbet maker. I assume the consistency you have achieved would be similar, if not identical to the machine version. did you get this out of sara lee's semi-homemade cook book, it sounds like her work, but if it isn't, bravo.
Stacy
Thanks Stacy
I have never used a sorbet maker, I assumed this was how everyone did it actually.. The consistency is nearly identical to that of a store bought sorbet. Hahah, Sarah Lee's "semi-homemade" cookbook? I'm not sure if I fully understand what a semi-homemade cookbook is implying but no I have never seen such a thing.
very nice!
I'd love to do a mango sorbet. What kind of mango did you use?
I used...
Fresh mango, that was juicy and ripe : )
You should have a mango tree, they are so delicious...
heh...
naw man, what strain? My friend has a Phillipine, it has no fiber and displays a pineappley aftertaste.
My other friend has a Kent, Kent's are Florida varieties, superior commercial quality. Here is a pic I took of some phillipine's in the back, and a Kent freshly sliced :)

They gave me a bunch back in July.
hahah
I wish I had a tree, I would go with the Philippine, I think less fiber and and a slight pineapple taste would be great for sorbet.
yeah...
I would like to grow several types, there are ones that produce two to three crops a year. Check this catalog out.
http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/mango-viewer/index.htm
So many to choose. Where I live, there is citrus and mango groves on Merritt Island, they grow superior varieties there, I can just drive up to, and buy straight from the grower, the superior ones are expensive. like 2 to 3 bucks a piece, depending on which one.
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