Recipe: Clementine Sorbet

Having a son with food allergies has inspired me to get creative with my cooking and baking.  Since my son has some memory of what it was like to eat foods like pizza and ice cream, I have done quite a bit of research and experimenting to recreate those foods without dairy, eggs, and soy.  Ice cream is a favorite in our household, and while we’ve offered him rice and almond varieties, his favorite is sorbet.

Sorbet is actually quite simple to make at home with an ice cream maker and the flavor combinations are endless.  Since store-bought varieties can contain a ton of sugar, artificial flavors and artificial colors, we’ve been making our own sorbet.

My children absolutely love Cuties (which are simply Clementine Mandarins or W. Murcott Mandarins, depending on the time of year), so we decided to juice a bag of them, add some Agave and run the mixture through our ice cream maker. Here is the recipe:

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Clementine Sorbet

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Clementine Juice strained
• 3 T Agave
• optional 1 egg white whipped

Instructions

1. Combine strained Clementine juice with agave
2. Fold in egg white
3. Run mixture through your ice cream maker as directed

This Clementine sorbet is simple to make, refreshing, and delicious.  I recommend eating it the same day since it tastes best fresh. If you’re planning on freezing the sorbet or you prefer a bit of a creamier texture you can add the egg white (some recipes use a touch of alcohol for the same purpose).  The egg white is also presumed to help stabilize the texture of the sorbet so that it will keep in the freezer for a few days.  You can read more about this on Epicurious or Chowhound).  One additional tip I have would be to chill the juice prior to running it through the ice cream maker. This will speed up the time the sorbet will need in the ice cream maker, resulting in a creamier texture.

Have you ever made sorbet at home? I’d love to hear about your favorite homemade ice cream recipes!

Recipe/Images: Rockin’ Mama. All rights reserved.

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Caryn Bailey

Caryn is a NICU nurse by day, blogger by night and mom 24/7. She savors the warm Southern California sun and loves to travel, shopping, baking, reading and frequenting her local tea room. Caryn created the column Lavishly Green for Peekaboo Picks Magazine to share her best tips for going green in style, she is the Former editor for Family Review Network, former OC Family Magazine online contributor, former Orange County Moms Blog contributor, former Evenflo Savvy Parent contributor, former member of the Totsy Advisory Board and former freelance writer for CBS Los Angeles.

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