Champagne Orange Sorbet Recipes

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.

ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• 1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
• 2. Select Variable 1.
• 3. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
• 4. use the tamper to press ingredients into the blades.
• 5. In about 30-60 seconds, the sound of the motor will change and four mounds should form.
• 6. Stop machine. Do not over mix or melting will occur. Serve immediately.

CHAMPAGNE ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 3/4 cup water, bring the mixture to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and simmer the syrup for 10 minutes. Let the syrup cool and chill it, covered, for 2 hours, or until it is cold.
• In a bowl stir together 1 cup chilled syrup, the Champagne, the orange juice, and the orange-flower water and freeze the mixture in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions until it is frozen but still soft. In a bowl beat the white until it is frothy, add it to the sorbet, and freeze the sorbet in the freezer until it is firm.

ROSE AND CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Process the rose petals with the sugar in a food processor until the mixture turns into a smooth paste, about 30 seconds; stop to scrape down the sides as necessary. Add 1/2 cup of the water and process for about 10 seconds. Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups water, the lemon juice, Champagne, and rose water if using. Pour the liquid through a fine sieve. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.

MANDARIN CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• In a large glass measuring cup, stir together champagne, simple syrup, 1 cup water, and liqueur. Refrigerate, covered, until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Pour mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer sorbet to a large airtight container; place in freezer at least 2 hours before serving or up to overnight. Serve garnished with orange segments.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Heat sugar, the water, and 1/2 cup wine in medium noncorrosive saucepan to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil 3 minutes without stirring. Pour into small bowl and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. (Tip: To cool the sugar syrup mixture quickly, place bowl in larger bowl of ice and stir occasionally. It should be cold in about 15 minutes.).
• Stir remaining wine into sugar syrup, pour into 8" cake pan, and freeze overnight.
• The next day, process wine ice in food processor or blender until smooth. Return to baking pan and freeze until firm, 2-3 hours, stirring once halfway through. Serve in wineglasses, garnished with grapes.

ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, water and orange peel to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved; discard orange peel. Set aside to cool., In a large bowl, combine the orange juice, lemon juice, orange liqueur and reserved sugar mixture. Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions., Transfer to a freezer container; freeze for 8 hours or overnight.

SIMPLE SYRUP FOR MANDARIN CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and transfer to a medium bowl. Set aside to cool, about 1 1/2 hours.

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.