Pineapple sorbet/ Ananas Sorbet

Let me wish you all a very happy & wonderful women’s day 2019. Hope you all are having fun on this day either at work place or at home!

To celebrate this special day, I am sharing a summer friendly recipe of Pineapple Sorbet. Sorbet is a dessert generally made by freezing citrus fruit juice infused in sugar syrup. But this can be made with fruits like melons, pineapple & even apple. Good thing is, if fruit is sweet, then you can reduce the sugar to be added. I learnt it from a relative, friend and well-wisher Sahana. Thank you Sahanakka for this idea which was new to me!

I made pineapple sorbet sometimes back and it was liked by everyone at home. Believe me; I added just 4 tbsp of sugar for 2 cups of pineapple as it was really sweet and juicy! Making sorbet is really simple with minimum number of ingredients, I say just 2. That is sugar & seasonal fruit. You can play around flavors by adding choice of herbs too. Here is a recipe that doesn’t need an ice cream maker too. So enjoy this summer with sorbet!

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Preparation time: 4-6 hours

Serves: 6 servings

Ingredients:

Small pineapple – 1, or half of a large one

Sugar – ¼ cup, increase to ½ - ¾  if you are using a pineapple which is not very sweet

Mint leave – 1 tsp chopped (optional), extra for garnishing

Method:

• Peel off discard the outer skin of pineapple and remove the hard core. Chop the edible fruit pulp roughly.
• Now take it in a mixer jar. Blend until pureed smooth. Add sugar and chopped mint leaves, blend until everything combined well.
• Transfer it to a freezer safe container and freeze for 3-4 hours or until it becomes hard outside.
• Now, churn once using a mixer jar or blender. Transfer to the freezer safe jar again and freeze.
• Scoop out, garnish and serve as and when required.

Notes:

• You can replace pineapple by melons like water melon or musk melon. Berries (strawberry) or citrus fruit like orange can be used as well.
• Adjust the sugar level depending on the sweetness of the fruit.
• You can use ice cream maker if you have one too.