Saturday, July 2, 2011

hot weather food: orange sherbet

Once upon a time, Edy's made a sherbet called "Swiss Orange", and it was a great favourite* with us. We enjoyed it often. Then, one day last summer, we looked high and low, in this supermarket and that one, but it was nowhere to be found. And their website made no mention of it

And so began my forays into sherbet-making territory.



Homemade Orange Sherbet with Mini Chocolate Chips

Into your blender, pour (nice & sweet) orange juice up to the 1 1/2 cup mark. Add 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and enough milk to bring it up to about the 3 1/2 cup mark. Or a bit higher. Whiz it up.

Make sure it's entirely chilled before ice-creaming it according to manufacturer's instructions. Scoop into a container, and add as many mini chips as you please.

Enjoy!

p.s. You can make it with 1/4 cup less sugar and leave out the lemon, but this way is better. I first discovered the method when I tasted it and it was too sweet! So I hastily added a splash of lemon juice. That did the trick.

(*In fairy tales, one should use the English spelling of words.)

6 comments:

  1. Looks perfect for a hot day!! And the addition of chocolate toanything is always a good move. :)

    Blessings, Debbie

    *It's true that cotton doesn't have as much give as wool. If you begin a cotton project directly following a wool one it's a little disappointing. Other than that, I just purposely knit a wee bit looser than usual and it's a very pleasant experience!

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  2. We loved that Swiss Orange sherbet as well. I'm sorry they don't make it anymore. =[

    And you're absolutely right, proper English spelling is a requirement when telling fairy tales....

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  3. Looks perfect for a hot day indeed, except that we don't have hot days now... it's 15 degrees Celsius outside!
    But - I love lemon ice cream, and this sounds really good. So I'll make a mental note to make it when there's time and hot weather... and oranges.

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  4. Hana, I did not squeeze oranges for this! I just used bottled o.j. Is that available in your country?

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