Homemade Blackberry Sorbet

A deeply fruity and floral sorbet. Beautiful in colour and flavour, a delicious frozen treat

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Freezing Time 5

Total Time 5 30

Course Dessert, Frozen Treat

Cuisine Anglo, French, Italian

Servings servings

Calories 90 kcal

Weigh/ measure out your ingredients
Blitz the fresh blackberries with a blender (or mash in a bowl with a fork). Pour through a sieve placed over a bowl to take out the seeds and press the flesh through with the back of a spoon. Don't forget to scrape off the underside of the sieve to get all that extra puree into your bowl. If using frozen berries, take them out of the freezer 3-4 hours before use to defrost or heat briefly in a pan over a low heat until soft and collapsing, then cool

Place the water and sugar in a pan over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat, pour into a bowl and leave to cool to room temperature. Place in an ice bath if you wish to speed up the cooling process (See recipe notes)
Add the cooled syrup to the fruit and mix well
If using an ice cream maker, follow the user guidelines for best results. Eat immediately or place in a resealable, freezer-safe container and store in the freezer
If making the sorbet manually then scrape the cooled mixture into a resealable, freezer-safe container and place in the freezer for 1 hour. After 1 hour remove, stir well with a spatula or a spoon making sure to scrape down the sides of the container. Repeat every hour until a smooth, frozen sorbet texture is achieved

Store in the freezer but remove 10-15 minutes (depending on your ambient temperature) ahead of serving to allow the sorbet to soften. Serve as desired

If using berries with lots of seeds, like raspberries, I would advise briefly blitzing them in a blender (or in a bowl with a fork) and then passing them through a sieve to remove the seeds. Push them through the sieve with the back of a spoon into a clean bowl prior to mixing with the other ingredients. Remember to scrape the bottom of the sieve too to maximise the output from your fruit
If using frozen berries with seeds, and you want to take the above step, either remove from the freezer 3-4 hours before to allow them to defrost, or heat them in a pan over a low heat until the berries collapse, pass them through a sieve and then allow to cool
Regardless of what berries you have chosen I would generally suggest either giving them a quick blitz in a blender or mashing them roughly with a fork in a clean bowl. I prefer the texture of real fruit in the frozen yogurt but perhaps not huge chunks. If you want the fruit to be less noticeable then feel free to blitz it to a puree for a smoother final texture
For this purpose, an ice bath is just placing your bowl inside a slightly bigger bowl with ice and/ or cold water at the bottom. Make sure not to overfill so the water doesn't reach into the mixture and stir occasionally until cooled

Calories: 90kcal

Keyword Berry desserts, Blackberry dessert recipe, Bramble, Dairy Free, Frozen Dessert

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