Raspberry, Watermelon, and Lime Sorbet

This is a very easy and yummy refresher on a warm day or if you want to cleanse your palate between meals. We had a friend over for dinner last month and I made a multi-course meal for him. Between the appetizer and main courses I served this sorbet as a palate cleanser. It did the job.

If you prefer to make this sweeter just add a little more sugar or honey. I love it a little tart so I used the lesser amount of sweetener.

You can also freeze these into ice cube trays and then after frozen pop into a freezer bag and use in smoothies or as a flavorful ice cube in water or lemonade or other drink. If scooping this out you need to bring it out to temperature for about 15 minutes before scooping or pop it in the microwave in 30 second intervals until it’s the consistency you want to scoop it out easily.

You can also do other combinations if you prefer, some examples include:

• Strawberry, pineapple, lime
• Strawberry, banana, orange
• peach, cherries, lime
• Pineapple, coconut, lime
• Strawberry, coconut, lime
• etc, etc, etc 🙂

The world is your oyster! You can also throw in some herbs, such as mint, basil or rosemary for a little more kick.

You will need:

• 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
• 2 cups watermelon, cubed
• 1-2 limes, zest and juice (approx. 1 teaspoon zest & 2 tablespoons worth of juice)
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup granulated sugar or honey (to taste)
• Garnish with mint, basil or rosemary

Steps:

1. Throw all ingredients into a blender and blend well, until smooth. If you want to have some herby flavor in your sorbet then throw a few leaves of mint, basil, or sprig of rosemary before you blend.
2. Put in a freezer safe container and freeze for at least 4 hours.
3. If sorbet is hard when you take it out, bring to room temperature for about 15 minutes or microwave in 30 second intervals until it’s scoop-able.

Kali Orexi!

Two ways to plate: I ran out of raspberries, otherwise I would have added a few to the first plating so people know what is in the sorbet. I use a carved watermelon rind for the plate. The contrasting plate color, in second picture, makes the sorbet POP and look even more beautiful! A few scatters of raspberry, watermelon and lime/lime zest on the blue plate would also be nice…but sometimes simple is best 🙂 .