Friday, June 21, 2013

fruit salad sorbet

when life gives you too much fruit salad, make sorbet!  since i found our electric ice cream freezer at a local thrift store ($12.98 plus tax for a new machine!), i find reasons to make sorbet.  it is the perfect treat on a hot day.  we had a watermelon aging in the fridge so i combined it with a few kiwis and a basket of ripe strawberries.  you could use any combination, what ever you like to add to your fruit salad mixture; honeydew, pineapple, grapes, mangoes or any other fruit you might put into a salad.  there are no rules here, just fruit, ripe, juicy fruit.

for mine, i had about 4 cups of fruit chunks.  puree the fruit in a blender or food processor.  i liked the seeds in the puree-it added an interesting texture but you could strain them out if you like.

to make the syrup, combine 1/3 cup sugar with 1/4 cup of water and 1/3 cup of honey(corn or rice syrup for the vegan version!) in a sauce pan.  bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.  remove from the heat, add 1 tablespoon of lemon or lime juice and allow to cool.  add the cooled syrup to the fruit puree and freeze according to the manufacturers directions.  my yield was about 2 cups of sorbet, but you could easily double the recipe if your machine is large enough.


3 comments:

  1. Alisa, this looks beautiful. The colors are so summery and soft.
    Thanks for coming to the Styling workshop last Saturday. It was nice to finally meet you as we know so many folks in common.
    It was a real pleasure to meet you and now have another good Nashville blogger to follow.

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  2. Simplemente maravilloso y delicioso,saludos y abrazos.

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  3. Good job! All photos are looking very attractive. I like this post its very useful for making perfect fruits salad and puree. Thanks for sharing such a great blog with us.

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