Since we planned on cheese fondue for our New Year's Eve dinner, I knew we'd want a light dessert, but I still wanted something that felt fancy and celebration-worthy. After flipping through some cookbooks looking for ideas, I landed on some sorbet recipes in The Craft of Baking
and thought sorbet would be a refreshing after-dinner treat. I was torn between the recipe for blood orange sorbet and one for raspberry prosecco sorbet. When I asked Jeff which he would prefer, he suggested combining them. We ended up with a citrusy, berry sorbet flavored with bubbly prosecco.
Raspberry, Blood Orange, And Prosecco Sorbet (adapted from The Craft of Baking
)Ingredients
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
6-ounce package fresh raspberries
3 or 4 blood oranges
1 1/2 cups prosecco
Preparation
In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup of sugar with 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, and stir until sugar is dissolved. Transfer the simple syrup to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
In a small bowl, mash raspberries with the 3 tablespoons of sugar. Cover and set aside for 1 hour.
Juice the blood oranges, and measure out 1/2 cup of juice. Cover and refrigerate.
Scrape the raspberries and their juices into bowl of food processor, add 1 cup of water, and process until smooth.
Strain puree through fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl. Discard the seeds.
Stir the simple syrup, blood orange juice, and prosecco into the raspberry puree.
Freeze mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. The mixture will still be slushy when it's done because of the alcohol.
Transfer sorbet to an airtight container, press plastic wrap against the surface, cover, and freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
The sorbet will keep for up to 5 days.
I got my light, refreshing dessert made elegant and effervescent with the addition of prosecco.
Do you like sorbet? What's your favorite flavor?
20 comments:
This looks fantastic! What a perfect dessert to ring the new year in with?
I love the color - its so pretty! Such a creative idea for dessert!
I love blood oranges! And these pictures are great! So pretty!
This dessert just screams refreshing and festive. You think frozen berries would work in place of fresh?
Yum! I wonder if I could make this without an ice cream maker? This looks so simple and elegant.
This looks great! I love the vibrant colors. I think I've seen Giada make sorbet without an ice cream maker (may have been more of a granita) by freezing liquid in a dish and periodically raking it.
that blood orange is beautiful next to the sorbet!
3 of my favorite flavors in one dessert!! These look amazing Megan! Definitely perfect for NYE or any other party!
I love sorbet! My favorite flavor would probably be this if I tasted it. Great suggestion by Jeff to combine the two!
I've been wanting to make sorbet for so long. A few years ago I made a ton of ice cream... Now my ice cream machine just sits in a cabinet. The blood orange slice makes it look very elegant too.
I've been trying to think of a light-ish dessert to make for someone who doesn't have a big sweet tooth - this might be the answer. But, I don't have an ice cream maker - do I really need one or can I just use my KitchenAid?
Thanks, guys! It really was delicious!
Elizabeth -- I think frozen raspberries would be fine.
Meghan and Melissa -- You could probably pour the mixture into a shallow baking dish, freeze it, and then rake it with a fork (like Emily mentioned). It would be more of a granita texture but would still taste good. Give yourself plenty of freezer time because it will take longer to get firm.
This looks so refreshing!! I've been hearing a lot lately about blood orange martinis, too - perhaps I could mix the two and make a vodka-infused sorbet? ;)
This is definitely the perfect light-yet-satisfying end to any meal! (But especially one that was wrought with melted chneese. Moan.)
Looks great. I don't have a ic cream machine due to freezer size constraints, but could try the granita method you mentioned in the comments.
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I would love this. Very light and refreshing!
Ooooh! This looks like quite a refreshing treat. Blood oranges are in season right now, so this is a good time to try this recipe.
I've always wanted to make my own sorbet. I love blood oranges! This looks so light and refreshing.
Those look delish! So nice and refreshing, perfect for this time of year :)
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