Pear sorbet
For a great pear sorbet, choose your fruit carefully: they should be perfectly ripe and full of flavour. You will get good results with williams, but any other variety of your choice will work.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
Keywords for this recipe:For 800 ml, you will need:
- 1
4 Pears - 2
350 ml Sugar syrup - 3
1 lemon - 4
1 tablespoon pear eau-de-vie - 5
2 pinches vitamin C - Total weight: 1,215 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 54 min. | 54 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Peel pears, and put them immediately into cold water with the juice of half a lemon, or a pinch of vitamin C added.
We do that because peeled pears turn brown quickly.
We do that because peeled pears turn brown quickly.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Drain pears, cut into quarters and discard core.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Cut quarters into small pieces and put in the goblet of a blender.
Add juice of half a lemon, a pinch of vitamin C, 1 tablespoon pear eau-de-vie and 350 ml Sugar syrup.
Add juice of half a lemon, a pinch of vitamin C, 1 tablespoon pear eau-de-vie and 350 ml Sugar syrup.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Mix until you obtain a smooth puree.
Put in the fridge, or freezer, in a sealed container if not to be used immediately.
We do that so that the mixture is very cold before putting in the ice cream maker.
Put in the fridge, or freezer, in a sealed container if not to be used immediately.
We do that so that the mixture is very cold before putting in the ice cream maker.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Pour into the ice-cream maker.
Stage 6 - 25 min.
And churn the sorbet.
Stage 7
Serve on its own or as the basis for other desserts.
Remarks
You can use this method for apple or peach sorbet. The important thing is to use the best fruit you can find.
Keeping
Several weeks in the freezer.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,212 Kcal or 5,074 Kj | 4 gr | 288 gr | 1 gr |
| 61 % | 2 % | 27 % | <1 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 100 Kcal or 419 Kj | < 1 gr | 24 gr | < 1 gr |
| 5 % | <1 % | 2 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 800 ml : 1.97 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Sugar syrup: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peach and verbena feuilleté, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Pistachio tiramisu, Toasted flaked almonds, Pear charlotte, ... All |
 | Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Yvetot Douillons, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Poire Belle Hélène, Pear verbena tarts, ... All |
 | Vitamin C: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio and spinach pesto, Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, Carrot-top pesto, Coriander and cashew nut pesto, Fruit coulis (fruit purée), ... All |
 | Pear eau-de-vie: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: 4 pears salad with vanilla, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, Pear charlotte, ... All |
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