Rosemary gives a woodsy hint of mint to homemade fresh pear sorbet which is also flavored with fresh thyme.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1-3/4 cups Comice pear juice and pulp, about 3 pears
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup sugar
Preparation:
Boil the thyme and rosemary with the water until the tea is reduced to 1/2 cup. Strain and cool.Peel and core 2 or 3 ripe Comice pears and process them with the lemon juice in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Beat in the sugar and the cooled herb liquid, and freeze in an ice cream machine.
Yield: 1 quart
Recipe Source: Cooking with the New American Chefs by Ellen Brown (Harper & Row)
Reprinted with permission.
