Best Champagne Sorbet Recipes

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Heat sugar, the water, and 1/2 cup wine in medium noncorrosive saucepan to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil 3 minutes without stirring. Pour into small bowl and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. (Tip: To cool the sugar syrup mixture quickly, place bowl in larger bowl of ice and stir occasionally. It should be cold in about 15 minutes.).
• Stir remaining wine into sugar syrup, pour into 8" cake pan, and freeze overnight.
• The next day, process wine ice in food processor or blender until smooth. Return to baking pan and freeze until firm, 2-3 hours, stirring once halfway through. Serve in wineglasses, garnished with grapes.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT CHAMPAGNE SORBET WITH PINK GRAPEFRUIT SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir first 4 ingredients in large saucepan over medium heat just until sugar dissolves. Strain into bowl, pressing on solids; mix in Champagne. Pour 2 cups juice mixture into medium saucepan. Refrigerate remaining juice mixture in bowl. Simmer mixture in saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Refrigerate reduced mixture to use as sauce. Transfer juice mixture in bowl to ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer sorbet to container; cover and freeze. (Sauce and sorbet can be prepared 3 days ahead.)
• Cut peel and white pith from grapefruits. Working over bowl, cut between membranes to release segments. (Can be prepared 6 hour ahead. Place segments in bowl with juice. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Chill 6 plates in freezer. Scoop 3 ovals of sorbet onto each plate. Spoon sauce around sorbet. Decorate with grapefruit segments. Garnish with mint.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET WITH BERRY MEDLEY

Steps:

• Pour champagne into a shallow metal pan or bowl, and stir in the sugar. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in freezer. Freeze for 4 hours, whisking every 30 minutes. The frozen mixture will be firm and granular.
• Spoon the sorbet mixture into a blender or food processor, and process until smooth. Return to the metal container, cover, and re-freeze for up to 48 hours.
• Combine strawberries and blueberries in a small bowl. Spoon berries into the bottom of champagne flutes or wine glasses, and top with sorbet. Garnish with mint sprig if desired.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT-CHAMPAGNE SORBET COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, warm 1/2 cup (125 ml) of the grapefruit juice and the sugar, stirring until the sugar completely dissolves.
• Pour the mixture into a medium bowl and add the remaining grapefruit juice and the Champagne or other sparkling wine. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• Freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• To serve, scoop the sorbet into chilled serving glasses or Champagne flutes and pour Champagne or other sparkling wine over. Serve right away.
• tip
• You can scoop the sorbet onto a chilled baking sheet and store the balls in the freezer so that they are quickly and easily dropped into the serving glasses just before serving.

STRAWBERRY CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
• Remove sugar syrup from heat; cool.
• Place thawed strawberries in container of an electric blender or food processor; process until smooth.
• Pour through a wire mesh strainer into a 8-inch square pan, pressing with back of spoon against the sides of the strainer to squeeze out juice.
• Discard pulp and seeds.
• Stir lemon juice, sugar syrup, and champagne into strawberry puree.
• Cover and freeze at least 4 hours.
• Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add frozen mixture, and process until smooth.
• Return to pan and freeze until firm.
• Repeat processing procedure, and return mixture to pan; freeze until firm.
• Spoon into glasses, and serve with fresh strawberries.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT-CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• In a medium, nonreactive saucepan, heat about half of the Champagne with the sugar, stirring frequently, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining Champagne and the grapefruit juice.
• Chill the mixture thoroughly, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Perfect Pairing
• Although lots of other fruit granitas go well with Pink Grapefruit-Champagne Sorbet, Raspberry Granita (page 157) makes the most stunning complement.

SORBET AND CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Scoop sorbet into a champagne flute. Fill with chilled Champagne or Prosecco; stir.

CHAMPAGNE, LEMON, LIME & GINGER SORBET

Steps:

• Bring champagne and sugar to boil.
• When sugar dissolves add rind of lemon, lime and ginger; boil for 8 minutes.
• Add juice and boil for another 8 minutes.
• Freeze overnight.
• Mash up the mix until thick liquid.
• Beat egg whites until stiff peaks.
• Mix egg whites with mix then freeze overnight again.

MANDARIN CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• In a large glass measuring cup, stir together champagne, simple syrup, 1 cup water, and liqueur. Refrigerate, covered, until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Pour mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer sorbet to a large airtight container; place in freezer at least 2 hours before serving or up to overnight. Serve garnished with orange segments.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine water and sugar in a heavy bottom pot. Boil until reduced to a thin syrup, about 1 hour.
• Pour syrup into a heat-proof bowl and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Pour Champagne into the syrup and mix until fully combined. Transfer mixture to an ice cream churner. Churn per manufacturer's directions until icy and no longer runny, about 35 minutes.

PINK CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a bowl. Beat corn syrup, champagne, and egg whites into gelatin mixture; pour into a 9x13-inch pan. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
• Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into a food processor or blender; cover and process on high speed until smooth but not melted, about 30 seconds. Pour mixture into a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Process remaining mixture and pour over mixture in loaf pan. Cover and freeze until firm, 6 hours to overnight.

CHAMPAGNE-INFUSED BLACKBERRY SOUP WITH SOUR CREAM SORBET

Steps:

• Soup: In a saucepan, bring water, sugar, blackberries and lemon juice to a boil over medium-high heat. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes, then add mint leaves. Remove from heat and let cool. Blend mixture together in a mixer or food processor, then strain through a sieve.
• Sorbet: In a medium saucepan, bring sugar, water and corn syrup to a boil over medium-high heat. Let cool, then stir in lime juice and sour cream. Churn in an ice cream maker until proper consistency is achieved.
• To serve: Divide blackberry soup into four equal parts and pour into separate bowls. Put 1 scoop of sorbet in the middle of each bowl and drizzle with champagne.

CHAMPAGNE ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine the sugar and 3/4 cup water, bring the mixture to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and simmer the syrup for 10 minutes. Let the syrup cool and chill it, covered, for 2 hours, or until it is cold.
• In a bowl stir together 1 cup chilled syrup, the Champagne, the orange juice, and the orange-flower water and freeze the mixture in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions until it is frozen but still soft. In a bowl beat the white until it is frothy, add it to the sorbet, and freeze the sorbet in the freezer until it is firm.

SORBET AU CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, mix sugar and water.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often until sugar is dissolved.
• Boil for about 1 minute until syrup is clear.
• Let cool In a mixing bowl, combine champagne, syrup and lemon juice.
• In a seperate bowl, beat egg white until stiff, then gently whisk into champagne mixture.
• Pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Alternatively, pour into shallow pan, cover and freeze for 2 hours or until firm.
• Break into chunks, and puree in food processor or blender until smooth.
• Spoon into airtight container and freeze for 20 minutes.
• May make ahead of time and soften in refrigerator 10 minutes before serving.
• May substitute sparkling cider for a nonalcoholic version.

FRESH GRAPE AND CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Puree 4 cups grapes in blender. Combine Champagne, sugar, juice concentrate, 1/4 cup water, and cinnamon in bowl; add 11/2 cups grape puree (reserve any remaining puree for another use). Stir until sugar dissolves.
• Process mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to container. Cover and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
• Serve sorbet in Champagne coupes: garnish with additional grapes, if desired.

ROSE AND CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Process the rose petals with the sugar in a food processor until the mixture turns into a smooth paste, about 30 seconds; stop to scrape down the sides as necessary. Add 1/2 cup of the water and process for about 10 seconds. Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups water, the lemon juice, Champagne, and rose water if using. Pour the liquid through a fine sieve. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.

SIMPLE SYRUP FOR MANDARIN CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine sugar and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and transfer to a medium bowl. Set aside to cool, about 1 1/2 hours.

PEACH AND CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Put the peaches in a large saucepan and cover them with boiling water. Cook for 2 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water.
• Peel the peaches; halve them and remove the pits.
• Transfer the peaches to a food processor and coarsely puree. Pour into a medium bowl.
• In a medium nonreactive saucepan bring the sugar and 1/2 cup of water to a boil over moderately high heat.
• Add 2 teaspoons of the lemon zest and let simmer about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set the syrup aside for about 10 minutes.
• Strain the syrup into the peach puree and blend well.
• Add the champagne, the lemon juice, and the remaining 1 teaspoon lemon zest. Stir Well.
• Refrigerate until chilled.
• Transfer to an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS Heat the champagne, sparkling water, lemon juice and sugar over medium heat until he sugar dissolves. Remove the mixture from the heat and chill it in the fridge for one hour. To churn the sorbet, either 1) follow the directions on your ice cream maker or 2) freeze the sorbet for 2 hours, breaking it up with a food processor or blender every 20 minutes. Leave the sorbet in your freezer in your freezer until it reaches the desired consistency, and then serve.

CHAMPAGNE AND LEMON SORBET FROM WEIGHT WATCHERS

Steps:

• 1. Bring 1 cup water and the sugar to a boil in medium pan, stirring occasionally, til sugar is dissolved. Remove form heat and let cool to room temperature about 1 hour.
• 2. Stir in remaining 1 cup water, the champagne, lemon rind and lemon juice. Pour mixture into a 9 inch square baking dish and freeze til frozen, 1 inch around edges, about 3 hours
• 3. Transfer mixture to food processor or blender, in batches, filling container no more than 1/3 full and puree. Return mixture to baking dish and freeze til firm, at least 8 hours. Let mixture soften at room temperature, 5 minutes, then return to food processor or blender and pulse til smooth and creamy looking. Pour mixture into freezer containers and freeze til firm at least 8 hours. Serves 12 Points value: 2