Cucumber And Lemon Grass Sorbet Recipes

Steps:

• 1. In a blender, combine the lemongrass with 3 cups water and puree until mostly smooth. (Lemongrass is very fibrous, so you will not get to a completely uniform consistency; that's okay.) Transfer the puree to a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat, cover, and let the liquid infuse for 15 to 20 minutes. Strain the syrup into a bowl, pressing on the solids; discard the solids in the strainer. You should wind up with about 2 cups of strained "lemongrass tea"; be sure to measure out your final yield.
• 2. In a medium saucepan, combine the "lemongrass tea" with the same amount (by volume) of sugar. So, if you wind up with 2 cups tea, you will add 2 cups (400 grams) sugar. Stir the mixture over medium-high heat until all the sugar has dissolved and the syrup comes to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
• 3. Transfer the cooled syrup to a quart-size container and stir in the ginger juice and lime juice. Cover and refrigerate the sorbet base until completely cold, at least 3 hours.
• 4. Pour the chilled sorbet base into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Place the container in which you refrigerated the sorbet base in the freezer so you can use it to store the finished sorbet. Churn the sorbet until it resembles Italian ice. Transfer the sorbet to the chilled storage container and freeze until hardened to your desired consistency. The sorbet will keep, frozen, for up to 7 days.

Steps:

• Thinly slice as much of lemongrass stalks as possible, discarding dried thin upper portion. In a saucepan simmer water with lemongrass, covered, 5 minutes. Add mint and simmer, uncovered, 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and add sugar, stirring until dissolved.
• In a blender purée mixture and strain through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids. Chill syrup, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Sorbet may be made 1 week ahead.

Steps:

• 1. Trim ends from lemon grass and cut stalks into thirds. Cut each piece in half, lengthwise. Smash remaining lemon grass with back side of a knife to bruise and release flavour. In a saucepan, combine lemon grass, sugar and water. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer for about 5 minutes or until syrupy and fragrant. Let cool to room temperature. 2. Gently scrub cucumber under cool running water. Chop coarsely and combine in a blender or food processor with enough of the lemon grass syrup (avoiding the lemon grass) to blend. Purée until smooth. Add remaining syrup and lemon grass and pulse to coarsely chop lemon grass. Press through a sieve into a bowl, discarding solids. Stir in lemon juice and salt. Cover and refrigerate until cold. 3. Freeze in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a chilled container and freeze until firm and scoopable or for up to 2 days. (Alternatively, pour into a shallow metal pan and freeze until almost firm. Transfer to a food processor or blender and purée until smooth. Transfer to a chilled container and freeze until firm and scoopable or for up to 2 days.) 4. To serve, scoop sorbet into chilled glasses or bowls.