Best Refreshing Cranberry Sherbet Recipes

CRANBERRY SHERBET

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine cranberries and 2-1/2 cups of water. Bring to a boil; cook gently until all the cranberries have popped, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Press mixture through a sieve or food mill, reserving juice and discarding skins and seeds. , In another saucepan, combine cranberry juice and sugar; cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and set aside. , Combine gelatin and remaining 1/4 cup water; stir until softened. Combine cranberry mixture, orange juice and gelatin; mix well. Pour into a 2-qt. container; freeze 4-5 hours or until mixture is slushy. Remove from freezer; beat with electric mixer until sherbet is a bright pink color. Freeze until firm.

CRANBERRY BUTTERMILK SHERBET

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine first six ingredients; cook over medium heat until the berries pop, about 15 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick. Mash cranberry mixture; chill., In a large bowl, combine buttermilk, sugar, corn syrup, lemon juice and salt; add cranberry mixture. Pour into cylinder of ice cream freezer; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. Transfer ice cream to freezer containers, allowing headspace for expansion. Freeze 2-4 hours or until firm.

CRAN-RASPBERRY SHERBET MOLD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in cranberry sauce until smooth. refrigerate for 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. , Fold in sherbet and lemon juice. Transfer to a 6-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate until firm., Unmold onto a serving platter. Fill center with cranberries and raspberries, and serve with oranges and mint if desired.

CRANBERRY SORBET

Steps:

• Boil cranberries, 2 cups water, and 1/2 cup sugar in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have burst, about 15 minutes.
• Purée cranberry mixture in batches in a blender until as smooth as possible (use caution when blending hot liquids). Force through a medium-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids, and chill, covered with plastic wrap, until cold, about 2 hours.
• Bring remaining 3 cups water and remaining 2 cups sugar to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat and cool syrup 30 minutes.
• Stir together cranberry purée, sugar syrup, and citrus juices and freeze in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until hardened, at least 2 hours.

CRANBERRY ORANGE SHERBET

Steps:

• Soften gelatin in 1/2 cup of cold water.
• In saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar, orange juice & 1 1/4 cups water, & bring to boil, cooking until cranberries pop.
• Add gelatin mixture to hot cranberries, & stir until completely dissolved.
• Remove from heat & cool.
• Pour cooled cranberry mixture, a little at a time, into blender & blend until smooth.
• Add cream, & continue blending until well mixed.
• Pour mixture into refrigerator tray, & freeze until slushy.
• Remove from tray & beat mixture at high speed until thick & creamy.
• Put back in refrigerator tray & freeze until firm.

CRANBERRY SHERBET

Steps:

• 1. Combine buttermilk, lemon juice, sugar and Karo syrup in a bowl. Mix well. Freeze until it turns to mush.
• 2. Meanwhile, place the cranberries, 1 tsp sugar and lemon zest in a small saucepan. Add a little bit of water and cook till the berries explode. Cool and mash berries.
• 3. Remove the base mix from the freezer and beat by hand until smooth. Add the berries and again beat by hand until incorporated. Return to freezer and freeze until firm.
• 4. When you serve, each portion should have on top a fresh violet, or candied violet, or violet leaf, or candied rosebud, or tiny piece of candied ginger, or a mint leaf, or a lavender leaf, or a hundred dollar bill wadded up in gold foil. Just enjoy...