Raspberry Ice Cream Sodas (Giada)

Submitted by CHEFDLH

"This recipe is from Giada De Laurentiis from her show Giada at Home on the Food Network. These are perfect to be made with/for kids or when you want to feel like one. You must like raspberries though as the homemade syrup mixed with raspberry sherbet and fresh raspberries pack a punch. If you have a large quantity of raspberries to use this is ideal. Check on the special glasses etc needed below. Feel like a kid again. enjoy! ChefDLH"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 1/3 cups
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 pint raspberry sherbet
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 1 1⁄3 cups club soda, chilled
• 1⁄2 cup raspberry flavored syrup, recipe follows
• 1 cup fresh raspberry

• For the raspberry syrup

• 1⁄2 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 10 ounces frozen raspberries, thawed
• 1⁄4 cup raspberry jam
• 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar

directions

1. Special equipment: 4 ice cream soda glasses, drinking straws and sundae spoons.
2. Using an ice cream scoop, put 1/2 cup of sherbet into each glass. Scoop 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream on top of the sherbet. Pour 1/3 cup club soda on top of the ice cream. Drizzle each glass with 2 tablespoons of raspberry syrup and garnish with fresh raspberries. Serve immediately with straws and sundae spoons.

3. To make the Raspberry Syrup:

4. In a small saucepan, whisk together the orange juice and cornstarch until smooth. Add the raspberries, raspberry jam and sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring frequently. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl, pressing on the solids with a wooded spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Cool the syrup for 30 minutes.