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Simple Sorbet

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:

  1. Combine sugar and water in a pan.
  2. Boil mixture until reduced to 1 cup.
  3. Once the mixture has cooled, combine with fruit and lemon juice in a blender or food processor.
  4. Blend fruit mix until pureed, pour into a dish of your choice and set in freezer until almost firm (about 1 - 2 hours)
  5. Take the nearly frozen solid mixture out and break into pieces for blender.
  6. Blend frozen mixture until smooth and slushy, be careful not to over process.
  7. Pour mix into bowl and place in the freezer until completely frozen.
  8. To serve, take the sorbet out of the freezer 5 minutes before serving.
  9. 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 :)
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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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