Ghetto Ice Cream / Sorbet Maker

Alright, so It was really hot today, I mean really hot.  Like, I'm a need me some delicious frozen sorbet hot.  But I don't have any sorbet.  And I already have some delicious frozen fruit from down by the caltrain tracks (if you live in the bay area, the caltrain tracks are lined with delicious blackberry bushes. But I have no ice cream machine.  What to do?  So I stripped down to my underwear,  gave it a little thought and came up with this project. 

I used it for sorbet, a recipe with just fruit with a bit of sugar and water.  I think it would be fine without the sugar and water though, or with yogurt or cream added. Anyway, if you have a freezer, a blender, and some produce bags, you can make ghetto (but delicious) sorbet and ice cream too.

Step 1 Materials

All I used was

Ingredients:

6 cups of frozen fruit.  I used black berries and nectarines.

1 Cup water

1 cup sugar

Equipment:

thick produce bags or other watertight bags (1 works, but double bagging is recommended)

a blender

a pot

a stove

a measuring cup

a freezer

a bowl

a spoon

Some sort of container for the final product

Comments

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That looks delicious. Two questions, what happens if you don't mash it at those hour intervals like in your directions, just let it freeze? And, can it be made in a smaller amount? I only have a magic bullet, and no blender. Thanks for this tasty looking treat.

[zazenergy]

oh that's actually a pretty ingenious plan!