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Making a sorbet by cooking or by pureeing the ingredients?
For a sorbet that contains a fruit, sugar, water and lime juice, i would like to know which is the best way to make this sorbet; by putting all the ingredients on heat until the fruits are very soft ...
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What to do with too-bitter sorbet?
I made cherry sorbet according to a recipe, only to find that the cherries I'd bought have a strongly bitter taste to them (not unusual for cherries in my experience). Now the sorbet tastes strongly ...
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How do I make my sorbet thicker?
I made lemon sorbet and have already churned it but the consistency is too runny. I churned it a minimal amount using a food processor (I've done it this way before). How do I make it thicker?
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How to prevent pureed blueberries from gelling?
I have a sparkling new ice cream machine. The first batch, Philadelphia-style plain vanilla ice cream, worked perfectly. I decided to try a sorbet, and made Lebovitz's Blueberry-banana sorbet, but ...
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Exact proportions of sugar to water in sorbet
I am planning to make a sorbet from a cordial which I'm going to make (essentially a flavoured syrup). What proportion of sugar to water to I need to create a smooth, small-crystalled sorbet? Please ...
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Tips for Creating a Creamy and Smooth Sorbet
Recently I purchased and ice cream maker and have been making lots of sorbets with our surplus frozen fruit. Often I will follow a recipe however sometimes not: sometimes the sorbets are icy after ...
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Improve flavor of Sorbet made in Magic Bullet?
I'm trying to create a sorbet using a frozen fruit (specifically strawberries) using the magic bullet. The way that I do it is by literally putting a bunch of frozen, ice-hard strawberries into the ...
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What is the difference between ice cream, gelato, and sorbet?
What is the difference between ice cream, gelato, and sorbet? They look different, but are they made differently?
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What is the difference between sorbet and sherbet
From my [limited] exposure, it seems like sorbet is merely sherbet with a higher price tag.
Is that a fair understanding?
If not, what is a better way of understanding the difference(s)?
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How can I make sorbet without a recipe?
I would like to be able to make sorbet with whatever ingredients I have on hand without always looking up a recipe. I understand that it's important to get the correct balance of sugar, liquid, and ...
