Violet Lavender Sorbet
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup lavender flowers (if unavailable use 2 Tablespoons dried lavender)
- 1⁄2 cup violets (if unavailable use purple pansies)
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
directions
- Pour one cup of water into a saucepan.
- Add 1/2 cup sugar.
- Bring to a boil, let simmer for 4 minutes, swirling pan occasionally.
- Remove from heat.
- Put the chopping blade in your food processer.
- Add lavender and 1/4 cup sugar and process for 3 minutes, or until flowers and sugar are blended and in tiny pieces.
- Add lavender mixture to mixture in saucepan and combine well.
- Let mixture stand for at least one hour at room temperature.
- Strain mixture and set aside.
- In a nonmetatlic saucepan, bring 1/2 cup water to a boil.
- Remove from heat.
- Add violets.
- Steep violets in water for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Strain mixture through cheesecloth and then squeeze cheesecloth to release blue color.
- Blend lavender syrup with the violet water.
- Add lime juice to mixture.
- Freeze in an ice-cream maker.
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Reviews
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I must say this can be alot easier if all of you have a vita mix! This was fabulous! I put the all the ingredients except the lime juice into the vita mix on high for 1 minute. Boy did I get scared it was gray not eye appealing at all. Till I added the lime juice. This came out a pretty purple. At this point I had prepared it before dinner so let it sit till we we`re done eating. So it was cooled off to room temp. then added 2 trays of ice cubes and 1 minute later we had Sorbet. No simmering no straining creamy smooth. Oh wait! I didn`t have enough violets so I used dark purple petunias they went in whole too. Ellie you have to try this. It`s so good.Even my husband liked it. This would be great for a bridal shower!
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