Champagne Infused Blackberry Soup With Sour Cream Sorbet Recipes

SOUR CREAM SORBET

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 3/4 cup water in saucepan. Simmer until sugar dissolves.
• Whisk sour cream in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually whisk in sugar syrup. Whisk in lime juice and zest. Refrigerate until cold. Transfer to an ice cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET WITH BERRY MEDLEY

Steps:

• Pour champagne into a shallow metal pan or bowl, and stir in the sugar. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in freezer. Freeze for 4 hours, whisking every 30 minutes. The frozen mixture will be firm and granular.
• Spoon the sorbet mixture into a blender or food processor, and process until smooth. Return to the metal container, cover, and re-freeze for up to 48 hours.
• Combine strawberries and blueberries in a small bowl. Spoon berries into the bottom of champagne flutes or wine glasses, and top with sorbet. Garnish with mint sprig if desired.

CHAMPAGNE-INFUSED BLACKBERRY SOUP WITH SOUR CREAM SORBET

Steps:

• Soup: In a saucepan, bring water, sugar, blackberries and lemon juice to a boil over medium-high heat. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes, then add mint leaves. Remove from heat and let cool. Blend mixture together in a mixer or food processor, then strain through a sieve.
• Sorbet: In a medium saucepan, bring sugar, water and corn syrup to a boil over medium-high heat. Let cool, then stir in lime juice and sour cream. Churn in an ice cream maker until proper consistency is achieved.
• To serve: Divide blackberry soup into four equal parts and pour into separate bowls. Put 1 scoop of sorbet in the middle of each bowl and drizzle with champagne.

CHAMPAGNE INFUSED STRAWBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water, strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and Champagne to a boil.
• Let simmer for 10 minutes, then add mint leaves. Let cool to room temperature.
• Blend together with an immersion blender or in a standing blender, then strain through a sieve. Chill in the refrigerator, covered, for 3 hours.
• Serve in soup bowls with a scoop of ice cream, sorbet, or plain/vanilla/lemon yogurt. Or just plain! Garnish with mint leaves.

RASPBERRY-CHAMPAGNE SOUP WITH ROSEMARY- RASPBERRY SORBET

Steps:

• To make the sorbet, combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for 5 minutes and set aside to cool. Place the raspberries, sugar syrup, vinegar and rosemary in a blender and puree until smooth. Let stand for 1 hour. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Refrigerate until cold. Freeze according to the directions on your ice-cream machine.
• To make the soup, combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer just until the sugar dissolves. Let cool. Place all but one-half cup of the raspberries in a blender with the sugar syrup. Puree until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh sieve and refrigerate until cold.
• Just before serving, divide the soup mixture among four bowls and add one-half cup of Champagne to each. Place a scoop of the sorbet in the soup and garnish with the remaining raspberries.

SOUR CREAM SORBET

Steps:

• Trim and throw away root ends, rough tops, and rough outer layers from lemon grass.
• Rinse tender stalks and cut into chunks.
• Finely chop in a food processor or with a knife.
• In a 4- to 5-quart pan, combine lemon grass, sugar, and 1 cup water.
• Bring to a boil over high heat,stirring occasionally.
• Cover and boil for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Pour syrup through a fine strainer into a 1-cup glass measure; throw away lemon grass.
• If there's less than 1 cup syrup, add water.
• If there's more, rinse pan, return syrup to it, and boil until reduced to 1 cup.
• Nest glass measure in ice water and stir syrup often until cold, 5 to 10 minutes; or cover and chill until cold, about 1 hour.
• Pour syrup into a bowl.
• Add lemon juice and sour cream; whisk to blend well.
• Pour mixture into a 1-quart or larger ice cream maker.
• Freeze until dasher is hard to turn and mixture is softly frozen, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Serve, or cover airtight and store in the freezer.
• Scoop portions into bowls.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine water and sugar in a heavy bottom pot. Boil until reduced to a thin syrup, about 1 hour.
• Pour syrup into a heat-proof bowl and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Pour Champagne into the syrup and mix until fully combined. Transfer mixture to an ice cream churner. Churn per manufacturer's directions until icy and no longer runny, about 35 minutes.