Make the most of delicious summer berries with a super, simple and delicious Berry Sorbet. The Berry Sorbet Recipe uses liquid glucose, available from supermarkets or a pharmacy, the liquid glucose helps prevent the sorbet from freezing into a hard, solid mass.
Use any berry -blackberry, strawberry, raspberry or summer currants, blackcurrants are intense in flavor and make a particularly good sorbet. The choice is yours.
Use any berry -blackberry, strawberry, raspberry or summer currants, blackcurrants are intense in flavor and make a particularly good sorbet. The choice is yours.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 8 oz/225g fine or caster sugar
- 7fl oz/200ml boiling water
- 1lb 10oz/750g berries or currants
- 2 tsp liquid glucose
- juice 1 lemon
Preparation:
- Place the sugar into a large saucepan, pour the boiling water over and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the fruit and glucose syrup and poach over a gentle heat for 5 minutes.
- Pour the contents of the pan into a food processor and blitz, then pass the liquid through a fine sieve rubbing with the back of a spoon to push the fruit pulp through but remove any skin or pips. Add the lemon juice.
- Pour the fruit into a shallow freezer container and freeze. You will need to beat the mixture in the container three or four times as it freezes solid. Once frozen, cover and keep in the freezer until required. Remove the sorbet from the freezer for 10 minutes before serving.
