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Dessert queen PHILIPPA SIBLEY shares how to make sorbet at home for the ultimate summer treat.
A guide to making sorbet.
The key to making a delicious fruit sorbet is using fresh fruit at its peak. Summer is the perfect time to experiment – there’s plenty of fruit in season to play with, and a bowl of sorbet is always welcome on a hot day. It’s super easy to make your own at home, and so much more rewarding than hitting up the local ice-cream parlour. It’s all about choosing fruit that’s ripe and fragrant, and balancing the quantities of sugar and water: if there’s too much sugar, the sorbet will be too soft and sweet; if there’s too much water, it’ll freeze solid. The rest? Simply blend a fruit purée, churn, freeze, scoop and serve.