Cucumber And Lemon Grass Sorbet Recipes

LEMON SORBET

Steps:

• Line ice cream dishes with fresh berries. Top berries with small scoops of lemon sorbet. Top sorbet with remaining berries. Sprinkle shredded fresh mint leaves over the sorbet and berry cups.

LIME, GINGER, AND LEMONGRASS SORBET

Steps:

• 1. In a blender, combine the lemongrass with 3 cups water and puree until mostly smooth. (Lemongrass is very fibrous, so you will not get to a completely uniform consistency; that's okay.) Transfer the puree to a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat, cover, and let the liquid infuse for 15 to 20 minutes. Strain the syrup into a bowl, pressing on the solids; discard the solids in the strainer. You should wind up with about 2 cups of strained "lemongrass tea"; be sure to measure out your final yield.
• 2. In a medium saucepan, combine the "lemongrass tea" with the same amount (by volume) of sugar. So, if you wind up with 2 cups tea, you will add 2 cups (400 grams) sugar. Stir the mixture over medium-high heat until all the sugar has dissolved and the syrup comes to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• 3. Transfer the cooled syrup to a quart-size container and stir in the ginger juice and lime juice. Cover and refrigerate the sorbet base until completely cold, at least 3 hours.
• 4. Pour the chilled sorbet base into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Place the container in which you refrigerated the sorbet base in the freezer so you can use it to store the finished sorbet. Churn the sorbet until it resembles Italian ice. Transfer the sorbet to the chilled storage container and freeze until hardened to your desired consistency. The sorbet will keep, frozen, for up to 7 days.

CUCUMBER, CELERY, AND GIN SORBET

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and add celery leaves. Let steep 15 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve set over a bowl; discard solids. Refrigerate syrup until cold, about 15 minutes.
• Puree cucumbers, celery syrup, and lemon juice in a blender until smooth. Transfer mixture to a bowl and stir in gin. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
• Chill a loaf pan in freezer at least 10 minutes. Freeze and churn cucumber mixture in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions, then transfer to pan. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until hardened, at least 2 hours; sorbet can be frozen up to 2 weeks ahead.

NO-CHURN LEMON-BASIL SORBET

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, 3 to 5 minutes. Boil for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add basil sprigs, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Remove from heat and allow to cool for about 20 minutes.
• Pour into a 9x13-inch metal baking pan or two 8-inch metal cake pans.
• Place in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Remove basil leaves and stir. Freeze for 6 to 8 hours, stirring sorbet with a fork about once per hour until all the liquid is frozen.
• Scoop sorbet into individual serving dishes and garnish with lemon slices and fresh basil leaves.

CUCUMBER MINT SORBET

Steps:

• Using a vegetable peeler, peel the cucumbers and remove the seeds with a teaspoon. Roughly chop the cucumbers and add them to a blender with all of the remaining ingredients. Puree until well blended and smooth. Add the mixture into an ice cream machine and run for 15 minutes. Pour the sorbet into a silver bowl, and freeze, stirring every 30 minutes until frozen, about 2 hours. Serve immediately or transfer to a container and store in the freezer.

MINTED LEMONGRASS SORBET

Steps:

• Thinly slice as much of lemongrass stalks as possible, discarding dried thin upper portion. In a saucepan simmer water with lemongrass, covered, 5 minutes. Add mint and simmer, uncovered, 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and add sugar, stirring until dissolved.
• In a blender purée mixture and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids. Chill syrup, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Sorbet may be made 1 week ahead.

FROMAGE BLANC-LEMON GRASS SORBET

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, lemon grass and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat and let cool. Cover and chill in refrigerator overnight.
• Strain liquid through a fine sieve. Stir fromage blanc into liquid. Taste and adjust sweetness if necessary. Pour into an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions.

CUCUMBER AND LEMON GRASS SORBET RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Trim ends from lemon grass and cut stalks into thirds. Cut each piece in half, lengthwise. Smash remaining lemon grass with back side of a knife to bruise and release flavour. In a saucepan, combine lemon grass, sugar and water. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until syrupy and fragrant. Let cool to room temperature. 2. Gently scrub cucumber under cool running water. Chop coarsely and combine in a blender or food processor with enough of the lemon grass syrup (avoiding the lemon grass) to blend. Purée until smooth. Add remaining syrup and lemon grass and pulse to coarsely chop lemon grass. Press through a sieve into a bowl, discarding solids. Stir in lemon juice and salt. Cover and refrigerate until cold. 3. Freeze in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a chilled container and freeze until firm and scoopable or for up to 2 days. (Alternatively, pour into a shallow metal pan and freeze until almost firm. Transfer to a food processor or blender and purée until smooth. Transfer to a chilled container and freeze until firm and scoopable or for up to 2 days.) 4. To serve, scoop sorbet into chilled glasses or bowls.

LEMON SORBET

Steps:

• Place sugar and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes. Cool completely. , Stir in lemon zest and juice. Fill cylinder of ice cream maker no more than two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. , Transfer sorbet to a freezer container, allowing headspace for expansion. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours. If desired, serve in cookie cups with lemon wedges and top with additional lemon zest.