Yes, I am crazy. I admit it. I’m making sorbet in the fall. This recipe should have been made in the summer, but it never occurred to me that I eat more ice cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt in the colder months of the year. Maybe I am just weird like that, or it’s just because I love my frozen treats. Whatever it is, I love strawberry sorbet!
Heck, in our household, summer is practically all year long (regardless of the weather outside)! It can be below zero and guess what? We’re eating ice cream or other frozen confections.
It’s not exactly below zero, or even close to it, but it has been rather chilly outside and I did have some free time about a week or so ago. I went to our local supermarket and was surprised by how fresh and good-looking the strawberries were. The biggest thing that made me get the strawberries was that they were on sale… What would I do without things being on sale?
After thinking about what to make with the strawberries, I decided that I needed to make sorbet. Sorbet is probably one of the easiest things to make, and it is simply delicious. Of course, I took another challenge and decided to keep that ice cream maker in it’s place. Yes, this is another recipe without an ice cream maker required (but I have included directions if you do decide to make this in your ice cream maker)!
Sure, an ice cream maker would make this recipe nice and smooth, but for those of you who would rather not make this in an ice cream maker (or if you simply do not have one)- I’ve got an amazing strawberry sorbet recipe for you! It is relatively one of the easiest things to make and doesn’t require much effort at all for something simply irresistible.
| strawberry sorbet recipe |I managed to find fresh strawberries on sale at my local supermarket. I know, shame on me for not buying in season, but these were some awesome-looking strawberries (and they were on sale)!
Ingredients:
2 cups of water
1 cup of sugar
1 quart (about 1 ½ pounds) of fresh strawberries, de-stemmed
⅓ cup of fresh lemon juice
⅓ cup fresh orange juice
Preparation:
Stir 2 cups water and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over high heat until the sugar dissolves. Boil 5 minutes.
Working in batches, puree the de-stemmed strawberries in food processor / blender until smooth.
Add strawberry puree, orange and lemon juices to sugar syrup; stir to blend.
Process strawberry purree mixture through a sieve. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
Process strawberry mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions or place mixture in shallow container and freeze, stirring every hour until set, about 6 hours. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and freeze in airtight container. If sorbet is frozen solid, place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to soften.)
Enjoy!
Recipe From Bon Appétit | August 2003
32 comments:
Just fabulous. I love the colors of the sorbet. Are you kidding me, I love eating ice creams, sorbets during the colder months. I just don't know why. For me, these treats are eaten all year round. We're both crazy people. :)
Hi Kamran! This is a great post. Beautiful photos and an easy, accessible recipe. If I had raspberries on hand (even frozen ones) I would definitely try raspberry sorbet using your recipe. Nice to see another post from you!
Ooh! I found some awesome strawberries at the supermarket too, and I don't have an ice-cream maker so this is perfect. I love sorbet. And ice-cream. And popsicles. And frozen yogurt. And semifreddo. Anything frozen really :O)
This is wonderful, and your photos have left me longing for summer...
Beautiful photos Kamran and strawberry sorbet anytime of the year sounds great to me!
This is such an easy recipe, so happy you shared it with us. The pics look FAB and those strawberries look delish.
Who doesn't love strawberry sorbet! :-)
Ice cream and anything like it is definitely year round 'round here. Love the fact that you don't have to have an ice cream maker either.
It's never too late. I needed a change from pumpkin pie!
lol there is never a wrong time of year for ice cream or sorbet! Your sorbet looks delicious!!
I can have sorbet, frozen yogurt,and ice cream anytime of the year. That's how much I love it :) I love how easy this strawberry sorbet is to make. It's actually one of my favorite flavors
Such a pretty sorbet! I'm still making sorbets too actually, the pom foam one and another one I didn't even post about.
Beauteous post, Kamran! Honestly, any season is the right season for ice cream, sorbet, sherbet, etc. No such thing as "too cold" for a frosty dessert!
I eat ice cream and frozen treats all year long. I love how fresh this recipe looks...can't wait to try it:)
Mmmm. That sorbet looks so good!
There's nothing wrong with a sorbet in the fall. I like eating sold stuff in cold weather. I had a frozen yogurt the other night and it was pretty chilly out. lol.
It's been while since I've made some sorbet. I'll have to make some more again. Nice job without using an ice cream maker.
Yum... We like frozen desserts all year round, too! Even though it's fall, I'm loving this recipe, and the bright, beautifully colored photos were a nice change as I read through my RSS reader!
This looks fantastic! I love the idea of a strawberry sorbet, regardless of the time of year =D. It has such a gorgeous colour!
Yours strawberries are beautiful at this time of the year. This sorbet is so refreshing. Fabulous!
What a gorgeous blazing vermilion! I love this and I don't think you're crazy. I eat sorbet all winter long, sitting in front of the fire. Gotta live life and eat what you love.
Love how tasty this looks. In fact, it looks so good it could be fake- like the magazine food stylist do! I'm glad yours is real. That's one thing I love about food blogs.
I love Sorbet all year long and this one looks terrific!
Bravo!
I saw the "for sale" strawberries at my grocery store too .. next time I shouldn't hesitate about picking them up! Beautiful sorbet.
Wow, gorgeous photos Karman. Food porn, indeed! It's actually nice to see a break from all the food blogging pumpkin posts :)
Simple ingredients, easy preparation, wonderfully delicious looking results!!! I will be trying this. Thank you! Loving your site by the way, I subscribed:)
Why not do what's possible?! Wouldn't sorbet be perfect for Thanksgiving? Super pictures--wow.
that looks delicious!
Kamran, not crazy at all. Just wonderful.
This is one of the moments where I'm glad I live in Texas. (Did I just write that?) 8 months of HOT weather, 2 months of warm, and only 2 months of cold. (Some people may argue the cold part.)
I get to walk around with froyo and sorbets almost all year.
This looks delicious!! I totally understand the sorbet right now. I am always the weirdo in the group that goes to a coffee shop with my friends and orders and ICE blended mocha in the middle of the winter - Which winters in southern california is probably more like Fall to people in other places :-)
I've awarded The Sophisticated Gourmet an Award on Taste As You Go! Keep up the amazing work, Kamran!
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Love the gorgeous color! I can have sorbets and ice creams all throughout the year, it seems quite odd but i enjoy them even more in winter :-)
I definitely eat more ice cream during cold months (and tend to eat more soup during hot months...weird, I know). I think it may be because I savor it more (it's hard to scarf ice cream/sorbet when it's freezing)! YUMMY!
gorgeous photos! i'm a frozen dessert fanatic, so i'm with you that sorbet is not only meant for summer.
I understand about eating frozen desserts/ ice-creams the year round! And we're lucky to live in a part of the world where it is ice-cream weather throughout.
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