Recipe: How to Make Raspberry Sorbet

Yes it’s true, I am still plugging away at whittling down the frozen food supply here at Camp Mavis.  Pretty soon I’ll be down to fish sticks and hot dogs, but for now I still have a few quart bags of raspberries I need to use up before this years harvest starts to roll in.

Raspberry Sorbet.  Oh snap! This stuff is good!

Raspberry Sorbet Recipe Credit: Saveur Magazine

1 1⁄2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/4 lb. fresh raspberries (about 5 cups)
2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice

1. In a 2-quart saucepan, bring 2 cups water and sugar to a boil, stirring to dissolve. Reduce heat to low and simmer, without stirring, to make a syrup, for 5 minutes.

2. Pour the syrup into a medium bowl, stir in vanilla extract, and transfer to the freezer to let chill for 15 minutes.

3. Purée 1 lb. of the raspberries (about 4 cups) with the syrup in a blender or food processor until smooth. Scrape the purée through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard the seeds. Stir lemon juice into the raspberry purée and pour it into a 2-quart ice cream maker. Freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions until almost set but still a little slushy, about 25 minutes.

4. Add remaining raspberries (about 1 cup) and continue freezing in the ice cream maker for about 5 minutes. Transfer the sorbet to a plastic container and freeze until completely set, about 1 hour.

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