Banana-Blueberry Sorbet
Friday, June 25, 2010
It’s the summer and that means that we are NOT enjoying the 95+ degree temperatures we are experiencing over here in Florida.
It’s hot, muddy and sticky and we are melting (no joke).
Which means one thing - It’s the perfect weather to be frolicking in the pool all they day, drinking cool drinks, eating light foods and finishing it off with homemade fruit sorbet.
Once more I used a great cookbook – The Perfect Scoop from David Lebovitz to get me started. This is the first time I have ever made sorbet, and after finding out how easy it is to do, (took me like 10 minutes to whip up!) we now have numerous plastic containers all over the refrigerator with different types of fruit sorbets to enjoy.
This was Tom’s favorite, it has banana and blueberry, his two favorite fruits – I could not mess this up even if I tried!
Banana-Blueberry Sorbet
Adapted from The Perfect Scoop
1 medium-sized ripe banana, peeled and cut into chunks
2 cups (360g) blueberries, fresh or frozen
¾ cup water
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
In a blender, puree all of the ingredients until smooth. Pour into a container and chill in the freezer for about ½ hour, then freeze it in your ice cream maker machine.
Once the ice cream maker has fully frozen the sorbet to the right consistency (mine took about 30-35 minutes of churning) spoon back into the container and place back in the freezer to finish the “freezing” stages.
To serve, make sure you take out of the freezer about 5 minutes before you plan to serve it. This way it will soften up to the right consistency for serving.
Reader Comments (11)
Looks yummy. It's supposed to be 95 today, though I'd be stuck mostly indoors, but still, I could use some of those sorbet :).
Sounds delicious! The sorbet, not the heat. I love Florida when it's warm and balmy, with those lovely, soft breezes. How do you like the Cuisinart ice cream machine? Is it extremely loud? I need a new ice cream machine and am going crazy trying to decide which one.
Wow..this is definitely calling my name... so hot today, i can have some too!!
Vicki, the cuisinart ice cream machine is less loud than food processor or than the kitchen aid stand mixer crank up medium high to high. How is that for comparison? Plus the good thing about it is that since it takes 20-30 minutes anyway you can step away and do something else. Unlike the other machines where you have to stand there for several minutes.
Jenn.. thanks so much for responding to Vicki and you are totally right.. its not by any means quiet, but like you said.. I put my ice cream in there, turn it on and walk away.. and the noise fades in the background. Plus the churning takes about 20 to 30 minutes in most cases, which is not a very long time. David's book has a good chapter on ice cream makers ... and of course I usually go to the consumer report page and read up their reviews on a product, so do your research to find the one that best fits you, but I do recommend the one I have for what I use it for.
Monica, you're welcome. I have the same machine, though I don't use it very often. It's hard to make space for ice cream when I bake every week. Though next week we'll have the ice cream cake, yay!
Did you see that now they have multiple colors for the cuisinart machine? I am so jealous, mine is just plain white :).
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Yum!
This looks really delicious, Monica! I really need to get myself an ice-cream maker!!
Had the pleasure of tasting...yummy! I don't have an icecream maker, but lookout Vitamix, I see many summer fruit sorbets in your future :)
It sounds delicious! The sorbet, not heat. I like Florida when it's warm and fragrant, with those lovely, gentle breeze.
Kitchen
A delicious recipe!
I made this in a Vitamix blender... had to add a tray of ice cubes to get it to set properly without having to freeze it.
I would imagine that if I reduced the amount of water (I used açai berry juce) to ½ cup, I would not have needed so much ice.
I froze for later what we didn't finish eating.
Nevertheless, this recipe is a keeper!