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    Strawberry Sorbet

    June 26, 2012 by Alea 7 Comments

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    homemade strawberry sorbet

    As a mom, I love sorbet. It is lower in sugar than ice-cream and my kids are getting a healthy dose of fruit on their ice-cream cone. However, the frugalista in me winces every time I look at the price of a pint container of sorbet.

    This recipe is an easy and frugal alternative to store-bought sorbet. When I buy strawberries on sale, I can make twice as much sorbet, for half the price of packaged sorbet. When I use strawberries from my garden, it costs pennies per serving.

    Homemade Strawberry Sorbet Recipe

    When I make strawberry sorbet, I do not put the pureed fruit through a sieve to remove the seeds. If you have a child who is very sensitive to texture, put a bowl under a sieve and push pureed berries through sieve with a spatula to remove the seeds.

    I use an ice-cream maker to process the sorbet, but if you don’t have an ice-cream maker you can still enjoy this tasty treat by dividing the strawberry mixture between popsicle containers and freezing. They will be the tastiest posicles ever.

    You can use fresh or frozen strawberries. If you use frozen strawberries, allow them to thaw in the refrigerator before using.

    Strawberry Sorbet - Dairy-Free Recipe

    It doesn’t take much active time to prepare the sorbet, but the strawberry mixture does need to cool in the refrigerator and then the sorbet requires several hours in the freezer to harden. If your kids cannot wait for it to harden, you can cheat and give them a “soft-serve” sorbet cone.

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    Strawberry Sorbet

    An easy and frugal alternative to store-bought sorbet
    Prep Time35 minutes minutes
    Cook Time0 minutes minutes
    Cooling/Freezing Time4 hours hours
    Servings - 8 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 2 lbs strawberries, hulled
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 2 cups rock salt
    • 5 lbs ice

    Instructions

    • Add sugar and water to medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat as soon as the sugar is dissolved.
    • Puree strawberries in a blender or food processor. . You should have about 4 cups of pureed fruit.
    • Add pureed strawberries to sugar syrup and mix well. Place mixture in the refrigerator to cool for one hour.
    • Place strawberry mixture in an ice-cream maker and follow your models directions to process the sorbet. It takes approximately 30 minutes.
    • Place sorbet in a container with a lid and place in the freezer to hard freeze your sorbet. It takes approximately 3 hours.

    Article by Alea

    Alea Milham shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home at Premeditated Leftovers. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less. Alea can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
    Alea has written 52 great articles for us.
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    Comments

    1. April @ The 21st Century Housewife says

      June 26, 2012 at 5:20 pm

      Your strawberry sorbet looks so good! What a fantastic taste of summer!

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    2. Angela G says

      June 27, 2012 at 10:59 am

      I love short ingredient lists! Makes me wish I had an ice cream maker.

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      • Alea Milham says

        June 27, 2012 at 12:22 pm

        One of the nice things about sorbet is how few ingredients are needed to make it. Don’t worry about not having an ice-cream maker for now – just uses the blended ingredients to make popsicles.They are still delicious, but even easier and more frugal to make.

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