Sorbet is essentially a frozen dessert made with water and some sort of flavouring. Derived from the Arabic word, Sherbet (fruit juice), it is one of the easiest and healthiest dessert recipes that you can whip up in no time. While most store-bought sorbets are full of sugar and artificial flavouring, home-made sorbets, can be made with less sugar and with completely natural ingredients. In a lot of cuisines, sorbets are served as palate cleansers, in between different courses of a meal. Sorbets can be made with a variety of fruits, the most popular ones being citrus fruits and berries. They can also be made with vegetables like cucumber, tomatoes, carrots and beets. They can even be customised to be savoury. Here are some healthy vegan dessert recipes.
Sorbets mostly comprise crushed frozen ice flavoured with fruits or vegetables and hence tend to be very refreshing on a hot summer day. If you have never tasted sorbet before or want to make one at home, you must try this incredibly easy tomato basil sorbet recipe by Chef Anshuman Bali, Executive Chef, JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar.
Ingredients:-
50 gm brown sugar
60 ml cup water
4 ripe tomatoes
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 gm salt
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Method:-
1.Bring water to boil in a small saucepan, add sugar and boil to make simple syrup. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
2. Roughly chop tomatoes and add to a blender with chopped basil. Puree the tomatoes until smooth.
3. Combine the blended puree with the simple syrup, lemon juice, salt and tomato paste. Place in the refrigerator to chill.
4. Process the mixture in an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer s instructions.
5. Serve immediately.
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