Grapefruit Sorbet. I scouted the internet and adapted a few recipes expecting a fair bit of trial and error and... aced it on my first try!
The BEST thing is as far as I'm concerned it tastes like a grapefruit and lemon Fruju. These things are my go-to in summer and were a godsend throughout my pregnancies. Now these seem to be seasonal for summer only so in winter I just go without. Until now.
I forgot to take a photo when I made it and it didn't take long to eat through most of it, but since photos are always nice. Here's the tiny smidgen I have left. Time to make more tomorrow :)
My recipe is as follows:
Equal quantities of sugar and water - I used a tall water glass of each.
Put in a saucepan on a moderate heat and DO NOT stir.
Leave it until it boils and then boil for 3 minutes.
Set aside to cool to room temperature.
Add 2 cups of grapefruit juice, 1 TBSP zest, 1 TBSP of alcohol (I used white rum as that was what I had but apparently vodka is good for being tasteless while still preventing the sorbet from freezing solid).
Stir and put into a dish that has been kept in the freezer for an hour.
After it is frozen to semi solid state stir it vigorously with a fork.
Put back in freezer for a few more hours until frozen to sorbet consistency.
Just a word of warning, like any grapefruit product you shouldn't eat this if you are on the birth control pill, blood thinners, antidepressants and possibly some other meds as well. Basically if you're on meds please check first. Grapefruit likes to meddle with medicine.
This recipe would work just as well I think with any other fruit juice/liquid substituted.
