Summer can be summed up in one flavor- strawberry! Enjoy this Fresh Strawberry Sorbet, which tastes like Summer in a Spoon!
Most of the summer activities we look forward to every year are food-related. Strawberries, cherries, blueberries, peaches are all an integral part of our summer: finding roadside stands, loading up boxes and finding a u-pick orchard, or — best yet — wandering out to our own backyard for yet another bowl of strawberries.
Strawberries have been my favorite berry ever since I was a child in my grandparents’ garden. When a visit was planned, they wouldn’t pick for several days and the first thing I would do after greetings were exchanged was to get my little Tupperware container and run to see how many strawberries I could find in their large garden.
“You know why my strawberries are so big?” my grandpa would say almost every time, “It’s because I use Miracle Grow.”
My grandma always had a tin can with both ends off that I would use to mash my strawberries with a spoonful of sugar, then I’d eat them up with a spoon — the best food in the world, I was sure.
Now I have a garden patch of my own, and strawberries were one of the first things to go in. My own children watch and wait for the first signs of red and go out with their own little Tupperware dishes. I was a little overzealous in my planting and for our first harvest at our current house, we picked over 30 pounds of strawberries!
What we don’t eat fresh, we wash, hull, and flash freeze to use the rest of the year.
But the best way to take advantage of the full flavor of fresh, just-picked strawberries is homemade strawberry sorbet.
Homemade Strawberry Sorbet
- 1 pound strawberries, washed, hulled, and quartered
- 1/2-3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
Sprinkle the sugar over the berries, stir until sugar is dissolved, and let sit for an hour or so, stirring occasionally. This is called “macerating” the berries; it softens the fruit and draws out the flavor.
Stir in lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Blend the mixture in a blender or food processor until smooth. Add the blended mixture to your ice cream maker and freeze according to the machine’s instructions. Alternatively, you can follow these directions for making sorbet without an ice cream maker.
Freeze for an hour or two to allow it to set and ripen.
Homemade strawberry sorbet imparts pure, cold strawberry essence, and it’s an essential part of welcoming summer in our house.
Homemade Strawberry Sorbet
A taste of summertime on a spoon!
Ingredients
- 1 pound strawberries, washed, hulled, and quartered
- 1/2-3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
Instructions
- Sprinkle the sugar over the berries, stir until sugar is dissolved, and let sit for an hour or so, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
- Blend the mixture in a blender or food processor until smooth.
- Add the blended mixture to your ice cream maker and freeze according to the machine's instructions.
- Freeze for an hour or two to allow it to set and ripen.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 279Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 2gSugar: 68gProtein: 1g
Looking for more fruit recipes? Here you go!
Streusel Topped Blueberry Muffins
Super Simple Low-Carb Black Raspberry Cheesecake
Mixed Berry Yogurt Parfait
Sweet & Savory Strawberry Recipes
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