Sorbet is usually cooked in hot weather, because this dessert perfectly refreshes and quenches thirst. It can be served for breakfast, lunch and dinner or decorate them with a festive table. Sorbet is made from any berries and fruits, combined with juice, liquor or wine.
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To make such a dessert at home, you need to know a few rules. Firstly, the structure of the sorbet must be uniform, therefore all components are mixed in a blender. After that, the mass is filtered, cooled and sent to the freezer. Secondly, during freezing, sorbet should not be forgotten, it must be periodically mixed with a fork so that large ice crystals do not form. Thirdly, it is better to serve this delicacy on wooden sticks or in bowls and supplement with fruit slices or berries. If desired, sugar or sugar syrup, condensed milk, honey, lemon juice and alcohol are added to dessert.
How to cook citrus sorbet?
This dessert is healthy and preserves all the vitamins of orange, lemon and mandarin, as fruits are not cooked. In addition, it is suitable for those who lose weight and follow the figure, because it has very few calories.
To prepare a citrus sorbet you will need:
- 1 orange
- 2 lemons;
- 3 tangerines;
- 1 glass of water;
- 1 cup of sugar.
Fruits need to be washed and peeled, leave the zest. Pour water into a saucepan, pour sugar and put zest, put on fire and stir constantly. After boiling, cook for 30 minutes. While the liquid cools, take the fruit into slices, remove the seeds and grind in a blender. Strain the syrup and add to the fruit mass and mix again, pour into a mold and put in the freezer. After 60 minutes, remove, mix again and refrigerate again. This procedure must be repeated 3 more times, then leave the dessert in the freezer for 4 hours. Citrus sorbet served with berries or cream.
Banana Apricot Dessert
On a hot day, a mixture of apricots and bananas will help cool. This ice cream is easy to make at home, it will need 4 ingredients:
- 300 g of apricots;
- 400 g bananas;
- 200 ml of water;
- 50 g of sugar.
First make syrup: dissolve sugar in water and bring the mass to a boil. Prepare fruits: peel and cut the bananas, wash the apricots and remove the seeds. Put the fruit pulp in a blender and mix to make a lush mass, add syrup and beat again. Arrange the dessert in tins and put in the freezer, do not forget to mix every hour.