written by Irina Nedelcu on July 13, 2010Why spend money on ice-cream when there are tons of summer fruit you can mix with ice into delicious sorbets? Not only does it lower your carbon footprint, it’s also more refreshing and has less calories than regular ice-cream or frozen yoghurt.
Sorbets can be made with any ingredient, but I’d recommend the 100% fruit based ones. Take your pick from: strawberries, mangos, apples, cherries, berries, oranges, any fruit you like.
Sorbets are technically ices (as in Italian ice) and sometimes go by the name of granitas. They were actually the first iced dessert, probably having been invented by the Asians and then introduced to the Middle East and Italy. They became very popular in the 19th and early 20th century when they were served as a palate cleanser between courses.
Fruit sorbets are wonderfully light and refreshing, with a grainy consistency, and they only require mixing together and freezing fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice.
There are plenty of sorbet recipes online, here’s a detailed recipe for blackberry sorbet.
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