Home made sorbet recipes, Please?

Question

Sorbets are so much better for you than ice cream. And I have a new ice cream maker that I have never used. So do you have any good recipes?

Answer 1

Peach Amaretto Sorbet
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups diced very ripe peeled peaches
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons amaretto
In a medium saucepan, combine water, sugar and peaches. Simmer over medium heat until peaches are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Puree in blender with lemon juice and Amaretto. Place mixture in a metal dish, cover and freeze for 4 or more hours, stirring the outer frozen mixture into the center every half hour, until it is firm but not solidly frozen. Or, freeze in an ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.

Banana-Pineapple Tropical Sorbet
1 pineapple
2 chopped bananas
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 tablespoon honey
Roughly chop the pineapple flesh and put it into the bowl with the reserved juice. Puree pineapple flesh and juice with bananas in food processor, gradually adding the sugar, yogurt and honey. Transfer to ice cream maker and process according to directions.

Strawberry Sorbet
2 packages unflavored gelatin
1 cup sugar
3 cups water
1 quart pureed strawberries - about 3 pints fresh
1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
Combine gelatin and sugar in a medium saucepan; stir in water. Let stand 2 minutes. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until gelatin dissolves. Remove from heat; cool.
Stir in strawberry puree and remaining ingredients. Pour into a 13x9 pan. Cover and freeze 8 hours or overnight. Spoon about 1/4 of frozen mixture into the container of a blender or food processor. Top with lid and process until smooth. Return to pan. Repeat until all the mixture has been processed. Freeze in ice cream maker.

Raspberry Sorbet
2 pints raspberries, washed and hulled
1 1/3 C. simple syrup
1/4 C. fresh lemon juice
Purée the raspberries in a food processor. You should have about 3 cups. Stir in 1 cup of the simple syrup and the lemon juice. Taste and add remaining syrup if necessary. Pour the mixture into the bowl of the machine and freeze.
http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/icecream/sherbert.htm

Watermelon Sorbet
http://recipes.tasteofhome.com/eRMS/recp.aspx?recid=27081

Answer 2

Lemon Blueberry Sorbet
Ingredients
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 bag frozen blueberries (14 to 16 ounces)
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons lemon-flavored rum (optional)

Put sugar, water and lemon zest in a food processor and process 30 seconds. Add frozen berries and process 1 minute
With the processor on, pour lemon juice and rum, if using, through the feed tube; process until smooth
Put into ice cream freezer until done- Yummy

Answer 3

Mango Sorbet

4 mangos - peeled, seeded, and cubed

1 cup simple syrup

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice


DIRECTIONS:
Place cubed mango in a food processor, and puree.

Pour in simple syrup and lime juice, and puree until smooth.

Place in an ice cream maker. Freeze thoroughly.

Answer 4

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