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Recipe: Plum and Orange Sorbet
The pears went bad so I called on the plums. The plums started to go so I… reached for the ice cream maker. I could have made preserves, but I had too few plums to make jam worthwhile. The fruit would have slipped from iffy to unusable by the time I had found the jars, sterilized them, heated the water bath, located the labels… No, I needed a quick fix. Plus, I’m still in the any-excuse-to-use-my-brand-spanking-new-food-processor stage. The result of my plum panic is a palate cleansing sorbet — the kind you get in fancy restaurants between courses. You won’t want to sit down to a big bowl of this — unless you’ve got a lot of chocolate sauce on hand. It’s fresh, intense and if you don’t rasp away too much of the orange pith, very smooth. It’s ideal for a hot summer day. Of course, I created it just as the autumn winds whip in. The plums I salvaged were just a bit overripe, but not ready to be composted. What do you do with your fruit that’s wobbling on the edge of edible? Do tell. I seem to have a knack for attracting overripe fruit. Plum and Orange Sorbet Makes 12 servings as a palate cleanser Ingredient list 2 cups plums, pitted and cut in half juice and rind of 1 orange, be careful not to grate into the bitter pith 1/2 vanilla pod 1/4 cup sugar pinch of salt 1 tbsp Cointreau or other citrus / orange liqueur In a blender or food processor puree: 2 cups plums, rind and juice of 1 orange, you can include the pulp if you like Put the plum puree in a medium-sized non-reactive pot. Add: 1/2 vanilla pod, sliced lengthwise, seeds scraped into the mix 1/4 cup sugar pinch salt Bring the fruit puree to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the puree to cool. Remove the vanilla pod and strain the puree with a fine sieve. Chill puree until cold. Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions, adding: 1 tbsp Cointreau When churned. Put the sorbet in a plastic container and freeze until firm. Serve by single scoops as a palate cleanser. related searches : Recipe
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