Honeydew Sorbet
Notes: Buy a honeydew melon or piece weighing about 3 1/2 pounds. In the freezer sorbet gets very hard. To serve, thaw partially, break into chunks, and beat into a slush with a mixer or food processor.
How to Make It
Step 1
1
In a bowl, mash 1/3 cup sugar and lime peel with a spoon to release oils. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 2
2
Stir 1/2 cup lime juice into sugar mixture. Pour mixture through a fine strainer into a blender or food processor; discard lime peel.
Step 3
3
Add melon, a portion at a time, and whirl until smooth. Return purée to bowl. Taste, and if desired, add more sugar and lime juice. Nest bowl in ice and stir often until mixture is cold, 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 4
4
Pour chilled purée into an ice cream maker (1-qt. or larger capacity). Freeze according to manufacturer's directions until sorbet is firm to scoop, dasher is hard to turn, or machine stops.
Step 5
5
Serve, or freeze airtight.
Step 6
6
Firming and Storing Ice Cream:
Step 7
7
To get frozen desserts hard enough to scoop onto a cone, or to store them, transfer when frozen to an airtight container and put in the freezer at least 3 hours or up to 1 week.
Step 8
8
If freezing with ice and salt, leave the frozen dessert in ice and salt up to 3 hours.
Step 9
9
For best flavor and texture, serve frozen desserts within a week. On longer standing, icy crystals develop.
Step 10
10
Nutritional analysis per 1/2 cup.
Ingredients
About 1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons grated lime peel (green part only)
About 1/2 cup lime juice
4 1/2 cups diced (about 1/2 in.) honeydew melon
Directions
Step 1
1
In a bowl, mash 1/3 cup sugar and lime peel with a spoon to release oils. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 2
2
Stir 1/2 cup lime juice into sugar mixture. Pour mixture through a fine strainer into a blender or food processor; discard lime peel.
Step 3
3
Add melon, a portion at a time, and whirl until smooth. Return purée to bowl. Taste, and if desired, add more sugar and lime juice. Nest bowl in ice and stir often until mixture is cold, 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 4
4
Pour chilled purée into an ice cream maker (1-qt. or larger capacity). Freeze according to manufacturer's directions until sorbet is firm to scoop, dasher is hard to turn, or machine stops.
Step 5
5
Serve, or freeze airtight.
Step 6
6
Firming and Storing Ice Cream:
Step 7
7
To get frozen desserts hard enough to scoop onto a cone, or to store them, transfer when frozen to an airtight container and put in the freezer at least 3 hours or up to 1 week.
Step 8
8
If freezing with ice and salt, leave the frozen dessert in ice and salt up to 3 hours.
Step 9
9
For best flavor and texture, serve frozen desserts within a week. On longer standing, icy crystals develop.
Step 10
10
Nutritional analysis per 1/2 cup.
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