Cooking Stack Exchange
Cooking Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [sorbet]

25 questions
23
votes
3 answers

What is the difference between ice cream, gelato, and sorbet?

What is the difference between ice cream, gelato, and sorbet? They look different, but are they made differently?
Brian Willis
  • 555
  • 2
  • 4
  • 9
9
votes
3 answers

How can I make sorbet without a recipe?

I would like to be able to make sorbet with whatever ingredients I have on hand without always looking up a recipe. I understand that it's important to get the correct balance of sugar, liquid, and other ingredients for the end product to have the…
Stephanie
  • 91
  • 1
8
votes
4 answers

Tips for Creating a Creamy and Smooth Sorbet

Recently I purchased and ice cream maker and have been making lots of sorbets with our surplus frozen fruit. Often I will follow a recipe however sometimes not: sometimes the sorbets are icy after just a few hours (even recipes) and sometimes…
Sebiddychef
  • 3,728
  • 4
  • 20
  • 29
6
votes
2 answers

What is the difference between sorbet and sherbet

From my [limited] exposure, it seems like sorbet is merely sherbet with a higher price tag. Is that a fair understanding? If not, what is a better way of understanding the difference(s)?
warren
  • 583
  • 4
  • 10
  • 20
6
votes
4 answers

How to prevent pureed blueberries from gelling?

I have a sparkling new ice cream machine. The first batch, Philadelphia-style plain vanilla ice cream, worked perfectly. I decided to try a sorbet, and made Lebovitz's Blueberry-banana sorbet, but used less blueberries than in the recipe, because I…
rumtscho
  • 134,346
  • 44
  • 300
  • 545
5
votes
1 answer

Making a sorbet by cooking or by pureeing the ingredients?

For a sorbet that contains a fruit, sugar, water and lime juice, i would like to know which is the best way to make this sorbet; by putting all the ingredients on heat until the fruits are very soft (and then put this mixture in the blender) or just…
Felissa
  • 549
  • 2
  • 8
  • 12
5
votes
2 answers

What to do with too-bitter sorbet?

I made cherry sorbet according to a recipe, only to find that the cherries I'd bought have a strongly bitter taste to them (not unusual for cherries in my experience). Now the sorbet tastes strongly of cherries I'd prefer not to eat :/ what can I do…
Yamikuronue
  • 8,776
  • 20
  • 71
  • 108
5
votes
1 answer

Will sugar alcohols thicken a sorbet?

It’s sorbet season again, and the local Lidl started stocking xylitol, which made me wonder: could you reduce the calories in a sorbet by using a sugar alcohol instead of (some of) the other sugar? I usually use all invert syrup for sorbets in my…
millimoose
  • 933
  • 2
  • 7
  • 15
5
votes
3 answers

Does glucose used is added to sugar quantity in recipes like ice creams?

I was successful making a new ice cream recipe from Pierre Herme: 100g Milk 135g Cream 1 egg yolk 45g sugar 15g glucose I replaced the glucose by honey. After churning the ice cream, it was smooth and creamy, but it was too sweet. And who doesn't…
alim1990
  • 659
  • 8
  • 18
4
votes
1 answer

Sorbet tastes less sweet when frozen?

I made some strawberry sorbet. I cut up the strawberries and macerated in lime juice and raw sugar, then cooked them to make them soft so I could use my hand blender to make the puree. I used enough sugar to make it sweet in the non frozen state but…
haakon.io
  • 1,063
  • 10
  • 20
4
votes
2 answers

Why do some sorbet recipes call for egg whites?

Frozen sorbet recipes are generally simple, with only a few ingredients. For example: fruit puree water sugar egg white! Why is the egg white present? And why is this not consistent in the sorbet recipes from a single author; what would make you…
mattm
  • 2,464
  • 2
  • 18
  • 25
4
votes
3 answers

Can I safely thaw and refreeze sorbet?

A month ago I made a mango/lime/cilantro sorbet that is delicious. The problem is I put the sorbet into a quart sized container and it's frozen solid (I keep my freezer very cold). Can I safely thaw (or partially thaw) the sorbet and put it into…
Brooke
  • 1,394
  • 8
  • 24
  • 37
3
votes
5 answers

How to make sorbet from fruit like watermelon?

I've been playing with my - very cheap - ice cream maker and want to try sorbets. Already had some success with a strawberry-black pepper one, but I hear some berries and stone fruit are very forgiving because they're pulpy and the fiber acts as a…
millimoose
  • 933
  • 2
  • 7
  • 15
3
votes
1 answer

Why is my sherbet loosing flavour?

I have recently been mixing batches of sherbet using Malic acid, colour, flavouring and granulated sugar. I add all the ingredients and mix it for 10 minutes in a stainless steel drum. The flavor is very strong to start with, but over a period of 2…
Darryl
  • 41
  • 1
3
votes
1 answer

How to make sorbet have a snowy texture?

I have a plastic ice-cream machine (two quarts). I water, sugar and lemon juice, cool it until it just starts freezing, and then put it into the ice-cream maker for an hour. As a result, it comes out with ice clumps and if I put it in the freezer,…
chummus
  • 61
  • 1
1
2