Raspberry Sorbet or Granita

Description

No ice cream machine required! Partially sweetened with honey to give it a delicious sun-ripened quality. Very tart and very flavorful. This recipe is versatile, as the finished product can be an icy granita or smooth sorbet.

Ingredients

  • 4 (6 ounce) containers fresh red raspberries
  • ½ cup honey
  • 4 cups water, divided
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup light corn syrup

Instructions

  1. Place raspberries in work bowl of a food processor
  2. and process until smooth. If an extra smooth sorbet is desired
  3. press pureed raspberries through a fine sieve to remove seeds. Whisk together pureed raspberries and honey in a large bowl.
  4. Combine 3 cups of water
  5. sugar
  6. and corn syrup in a large saucepan; stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat. Boil until sugar is dissolved
  7. about 2 minutes; do not stir. Stir the sugar water and the remaining 1 cup of water into the raspberry puree.
  8. Make an ice bath by filling a very large bowl with water and ice. Set the bowl of raspberry puree in the ice bath
  9. and whisk until cool. Pour cooled puree into a 9×13 baking dish
  10. and cover; freeze until solid
  11. 6 to 8 hours.
  12. To make a coarsely textured granita
  13. use a fork to scrape frozen puree into small crumbs. For a deliciously silky sorbet
  14. transfer frozen puree to a food processor and process until smooth.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 6 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 10

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