One of my favorite summer produce items are cherries. They are delicious right out of a bowl or as a cobbler. I found this recipe for Cherry Chocolate Sorbet and knew it would end up making an appearance.
Honestly the one thing that delayed me was that I kept forgetting to put the bowl of my ice creamer maker in the freezer.
The flavor is fantastic. The consistency is not as soft as I would like. I think the mixture contains a bit too much water which makes the sorbet hard and grainy. So, reduce the water and start pitting some cherries; this is a great late summer dessert!
Cherry Chocolate Sorbet
adapted from The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook
2 cups of cherries, pitted
3/4 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cup of water
1 tsp of vanilla
Place the cherries in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth. Combine in a medium bowl with the sugar, cocoa powder, water, and vanilla. Mix well with a whisk being sure there are no lumps of cocoa. refrigerate this mixture for 1 hour. Add to the bowl (frozen) of an ice creamer make and prepare according to the manufacturer's instructions. Enjoy!
wow, that sounds delicious! :)
ReplyDeleteI have a can of cherry pie filling...I am thinking using that with the cocoa, of course I'll have to adjust the water and sugar, I think it could work,without the pitting, I'll just chop up the cherries a bit. Ooo la la. Now don't tell how you know that I love big chunks of cherries in my frozen treat!
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Loved readiing this thank you
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