Strawberry Sorbet Recipe

An easy and delicious Strawberry Sorbet recipe that can be made year-round, with only 5 ingredients that you already have on hand!

Yes, I am crazy. I admit it. I’m making sorbet in the fall. This recipe should have been made in the summer, but it never occurred to me that I eat more ice cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt in the colder months of the year.

Maybe I am just weird like that, or it’s just because I love my frozen treats. Whatever it is, I love strawberry sorbet!

Heck, in our household, summer is practically all year long (regardless of the weather outside)! It can be below zero and guess what? We’re eating ice cream or other frozen confections.

It’s not exactly below zero, or even close to it, but it has been rather chilly outside and I did have some free time about a week or so ago. I went to our local supermarket and was surprised by how fresh and good-looking the strawberries were.

The biggest thing that made me get the strawberries was that they were on sale… What would I do without things being on sale?

After thinking about what to make with the strawberries, I decided that I needed to make sorbet. Sorbet is probably one of the easiest things to make, and it is simply delicious. Of course, I took another challenge and decided to keep that ice cream maker in it’s place.

Yes, this is another recipe without an ice cream maker required (but I have included directions if you do decide to make this in your ice cream maker)!

Sure, an ice cream maker would make this recipe nice and smooth, but for those of you who would rather not make this in an ice cream maker (or if you simply do not have one)- I’ve got an amazing strawberry sorbet recipe for you!

It is relatively one of the easiest things to make and doesn’t require much effort at all for something simply irresistible.

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Yield: Makes 6 Servings

Strawberry Sorbet Recipe

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Recipe From Bon Appétit | August 2003

This sorbet requires the simplest of ingredients–– the only thing you'd probably have to go out and buy is the strawberries for the recipe. It comes together quite easily and does require the use of your ice cream maker if you have it. If not, use this hack.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Additional Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups of water
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 quart (about 1 ½ pounds) of fresh strawberries, de-stemmed
• ⅓ cup of fresh lemon juice
• ⅓ cup fresh orange juice

Instructions

1. Stir 2 cups water and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over high heat until the sugar dissolves. Boil 5 minutes.
2. Working in batches, puree the de-stemmed strawberries in food processor / blender until smooth.
3. Add strawberry puree, orange and lemon juices to sugar syrup; stir to blend.
4. Process strawberry purree mixture through a sieve. Cover and refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours.
5. Process strawberry mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions or place mixture in shallow container and freeze, stirring every hour until set, about 6 hours. (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and freeze in airtight container. If sorbet is frozen solid, place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to soften.)

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 139Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 4mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 0gSugar: 35gProtein: 0g