Thursday, June 27, 2013

DESSERTS: Here are 2 more recipes and ways to make home-made sorbet.


BLUEBERRY SORBET:

 

 

 

2/3 cup each sugar & water

4 cups blueberries                                           

1 tbsp. orange liqueur or lemon juice

 

 

 
In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water.  Cook over medium heat, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved and water is boiling.  Alternately, pour 2/3 cup boiling water over sugar in a bowl and stir to dissolve. Let cool completely.

 

In a food processor, puree blueberries and strain through sieve. There should be 2 cups of puree. Add in cooled syrup and liqueur, pulse on/ off to mix well.

 

Freeze mixture in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions. Or, without ice-cream maker, pour mixture into a large cake pan or metal container. Cover and freeze until almost solid. Transfer mixture to food process or beat mixture with electric beater to break up the ice chunks, and beat until smooth. Transfer to airtight container and freeze until firm enough to scoop.







LIME SORBET:

 

 


1 cup sugar                                                     

1 envelope unflavoured gelatine

2 cups milk                                                     

2 tbsp. golden rum

1/3 cup fresh lime juice                                  

2 tsp. grated lemon rind

2 egg whites

green food coloring                                        

 

 

 

Dissolve gelatine in 2 tbsp. hot water in a bowl sitting in a pot of simmering water. Then add this to the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Stir in milk and bring mixture to almost boiling, stirring constantly to make sure gelatine is completely dissolved and mixed in.  Transfer to a bowl and let it cool.

 

Stir in rum, lime juice and rind and enough food colouring to tint mixture a delicate green. Pour mixture into a metal container and freeze until mushy.  

 

Beat egg whites in a chilled bowl until stiff; then add into the partly frozen mixture. Continue beating until smooth.  Return container to freezer and freeze until firm.

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