Gingered Peach Sorbet Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper. Roast peach halves, cut side down for 30 minutes until soft and color deepens. When done, remove from oven and let cool completely. Meanwhile, heat water and honey in a small saucepan over medium heat. Just until the honey dissolves. Remove from heat and "steep" ginger for 30 minutes. Strain and reserve honey simple syrup. When peaches are cool, puree in food processor or blender. Add orange zest and ginger honey simple syrup and place in fridge to chill. At least two hours. Once the mixture is chilled, churn according to manufacturer's instructions. For example, mine requires I run the motor 2-3 minutes before adding layers of ice and rock salt to the bucket. Then I let it churn for about 25-30 minutes {time will vary} or until the motor slows down considerably. Remove the motor top, sweep off any ice and salt from the canister lid, scrape the mixer paddle, and divvy up into Mason jars. I use my canning scraper to remove air bubbles before placing the lid on. Store in the freezer, removing 10-15 minutes prior to serving to let sorbet soften slightly.

Steps:

• Drain pears, reserving 1 cup syrup (discard remaining syrup or save for another use); set pears aside. In a saucepan, bring sugar and reserved syrup to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool., In a blender, process the pears, lemon juice and ginger until smooth. Add cooled syrup and food coloring if desired; cover and process until pureed. Pour into an 11x7-in. dish. Cover and freeze for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until partially frozen., Return mixture to blender; cover and process until smooth. Place in a freezer container; cover and freeze for at least 3 hours. Remove from the freezer 20 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Put the water in a saucepan. Add sugar, ground spices and vanilla extract. Bring the liquid to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring until all the sugar has dissolved. Refrigerate until cold.
• Put the peaches in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Pass the puree through a strainer. Refrigerate until cold.
• Combine the chilled syrup and peach puree. Pour into a sorbet machine and proceed as directed.

Steps:

• Score bottom of peaches with an X and boil for about 10 seconds in boiling water and peel off skin. Remove peach pits. Puree peaches in a food processor or blender. Pour puree into a bowl and stir in simple syrup and lemon juice. Taste and adjust syrup or lemon juice to taste. Freeze in an ice cream maker using manufacturers instructions.
• Stir water and sugar into a saucepan. Place pan over high heat and bring to a full boil. Let syrup cool before using. Store leftover syrup in a glass jar.

Steps:

• Line 9-inch glass pie dish with plastic wrap. Drain syrup from pears into small bowl; transfer pears to prepared dish. Add sugar, ginger and lemon peel to syrup and stir until sugar dissolves. Pour syrup mixture over pears. Cover and freeze until solid, at least 6 hours.
• Turn pear mixture out onto work surface; peel off plastic. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Place in processor; blend until smooth. Freeze in covered container 1 hour. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep frozen.) Scoop sorbet into glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly; transfer to a blender. , Add the peaches; cover and process until smooth. Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer sorbet to a freezer container; cover and freeze for 4 hours or until firm.