No-No Fourchettes Strawberry Sorbet

photo by Random Rachel

- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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4 cups (approximately)
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 2 pints fresh strawberries (or 24 ounces frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed)
- 1 1⁄4 cups simple syrup (recipe follows)
- 3 tablespoons sambuca romana
- 2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup finely minced fresh basil (NOT DRY)
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For Simple Syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
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Garnish (optional)
- basil sprig
- lemon peel, curls
- sambuca romana
directions
- Purée the strawberries with 1/4 cup of the simple sugar syrup in a food processor until smooth. Stir in the remaining syrup, Sambucca, lemon juice and minced basil; transfer to an ice-cream machine and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- To make Simple Syrup: Place sugar and water in a small saucepan; bring it to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently until the sugar has dissolved, about 3-4 minutes. Cool to room temperature. The syrup can be used immediately or stored in a covered container until needed.
- To serve: Scoop out prettily into stemmed cocktail glasses and tuck in a sprig of basil to one side, and a curl of lemon peel on the other. If you like, you could add a splash of sambucca over top.
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Reviews
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This was really great! I left out the sambuca and actually forgot the lemon juice too. My basil plants are about 1 inch tall, so I left that out too. (okay, this is getting silly!) And I didn't put all the sugar in! (Is it the same recipe???) So, it was great, but I thought I'd better try to get close to the intentions of e/a or the FFs. Made a little serving and added a little lemon juice and some dried basil. Couldn't taste the lemon, but thought the dried basil was not a very good idea. lol. But near the end of eating it, the basil had softened up and gave an interesting flavor to the sorbet. As to prep, my food processor is dinky so I did about 24 oz. frozen berries in two batches and ended up using about 3/8 cup syrup per batch to get the processor to blend well. Mixed the batches in a container with another 1/4 cup syrup. I loved it this way, but I think following directions exactly would make it a 6 or more star recipe. Thanks for the terrific treat! And the knowledge! I think I could use this with frozen peaches, mangoes, blueberries. Mmmmm! The possibilities! Oh! And a 5-star name too!!! Reviewed for ZWT4.
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What better dessert on a hot humid night than a soothing strawberry sorbet with flecks of fresh basil and a lovely undercurrent of Sambucca. Served in martini glasses garnished with basil and accompanied by tiny cups of espresso with lemon and more Sambucca for those who wanted it. Very pretty, very delicious.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.