Arnold Palmer Sorbet: Mocktail meets Dessert

Years ago I was given an ice cream maker.  I am sad to say it does not find it's way out of my cupboard as often as it should.  All that is going to change now.  After spending an afternoon poking around the internet looking for desserts I stumbled upon two desserts that have given rise to this new sorbet concoction.  The first was a recipe for green tea sorbet and the second was for Arnold Palmer cupcakes.  These two recipes being similar only in that they both contained tea and sugar got me thinking two things.  First the tastiness that is an Arnold Palmer is to great to be restricted into just a drink and the second thought was if you could make green tea sorbet you could make Black tea sorbet.  From these thoughts this tasty dessert and Instructable was born.

Step 1 Gather the igredients/the recipie

First off I should say this makes enough for two batches of sorbet if you have a 1 quart ice ream maker like me.

Now much like the Arnold Palmer consists of equal parts iced tea and lemonade this recipe is actually just a 50/50 mix of lemon sorbet and black tea sorbet.

For the Lemon sorbet you will need
1 cup water (240 ml)
zest from 2 small lemons
3/4 cup sugar (96g)
1 cup fresh lemon juice (240ml) (I used 5 small lemons to achieve this)

The Black Tea sorbet will need
3 Large Iced Tea bags or the equivalent amount of tea which is about 21.6 grams
1/3 cup sugar (43g)
3 cups water (720ml)

On top of the ingredients you will need
ice cream maker
measuring cups
small pot
heat sorce
juice squeezer
zester or way of obtaining zest
scooping/stirring device
air tight container able to hold at least 1 quart

Comments

[kinetic_elite]

What a perfect treat to make on a cold rainy day in Seattle! Time to dig out my half gallon ice cream maker!