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This Cherry Limeade Sorbet is delightful; the sweet cherries pair fabulously with the tart lime flavor.
I've got a million sweet memories of my growing up years and there's one that always makes me smile at this time of the year. When I see sweet cherries all shiny and piled high at the market, I'm instantly transported back in time to days long ago when my sister, Annie and I used to pool together our pennies in order to buy a HUGE bag of the delightful seasonal fruit. We'd usually polish off the whole bag before we even got home, joyfully spitting the pits here there and everywhere. We probably ate our weight in those cherries and were just as happy as little larks with each delicious bite!
Well, I'm still quite fond of these sweet, juicy scarlet gems and it seems that here in the States, it's been a winning year for the cherry crop - they're plentiful and very reasonably priced. I've been finding cherries for $1.89/lb. When I see them at this price, I'm once again ready to take every penny I can get my hands on and buy CHERRIES!! I wish Annie was here, but since she's not I have to think up other ways to use them, although I do still quite often just gobble them up, unadorned, with great abandon! (I do try these days though, to be just a tiny bit more sophisticated about where I spit the pits.)
I decided to make a cherry sorbet for a light dessert one evening recently and had the idea to combine cherries with limeade concentrate. The results are delightful; the sweet cherries pair fabulously with the tart lime flavor. It's the kind of dessert that you can just keep on eating on these hot summer days, one tiny bite after another sweetly melting and cooling your palate. Try it, you'll see just what I mean!
P.S. See those wonderful looking cookies behind the sorbet? Check back Monday for the recipe - they're, for sure, one of the most delicious but unusual recipes I've come across lately - an Italian cookie with a fun name; Canestrelli!
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Cherry Limeade Sorbet
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 2 pounds sweet cherries, stemmed and pitted (I used Bing cherries)
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier*, can use another type of liquor (see below)
Instructions
- Instructions:
- Place cherries, water, and sugar in a medium saucepan; simmer for 5 minutes until cherries are slightly softened and sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature then add limeade and place mixture in a blender.
- Blend until smooth then allow to cool in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- Add Grand Marnier and freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions.
Notes
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Can I use tinned/jar cherries for this recipe? - save some time pitted fresh ones. 🙂
Hi Beverley, it will be a little different flavor profile than with fresh cherries but it will still be delicious!
Thanks Chris.
I wanted to let you know I read both yours and your wife story. You are a shining light to all around you. Its what is so needed in this sad world. May you both be blessed in your journey here. Continue sharing the Word of God, it will be heard.
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Thank you, Beverly, for your kind, encouraging words! What an honor it is to share God's Word.
I've been making ice cream and sorbet and this year I haven't made sorbet as much as I wanted. This sorbet looks so refreshing and my mouth watered IMMEDIATELY when I saw this post!
Such a tasty and refreshing sorbet! Thank you for posting this recipe , Chris,I have a lot of cherries in stock and this is a great way to use them! Have a great week!
Such a delicious flavor and a gorgeous deep color. I'd love a scoop or two with those beautiful cookies!
Wow, your sorbet sounds extraordinary! And the color is amazing, too! Great childhood memories...and I can't believe you have found cherries for such a bargain!
PS...I am joining the ranks of many and blogging about your sister's chocolate meringue cookie recipe tomorrow! They were a hit!
Totally brilliant!
I love how bright it is. It's virtually bursting with flavour! I have an image of you two walking along spitting as you go. Very cute!
I always know I will find something wonderful when I come to visit you, Chris. There is no better dessert than cookies and ice cream. Love that intense, beautiful color of the bing cherries.
that looks so good, sorbet is much better than ice cream
This made me so hungry! Great food photography too!
The perfect ending to those tomato skewers!
OMY this sorbet look absolutely delicious:)))
i like this colour a lot, i think i probably own a lipstick of this colour too!
What a lovely & fabulously looking cheery sorbet! The cookies look beautiful too!
Waw!
Thanks for the tip about the Grand Marnier as well! 😉
xxx
I want those cookies, they are so pretty! And sorbet too... Lovely, Chris! 🙂
What a fantastic color and such a pretty presentation with the lime wedge AND those delicious looking cookies in the background. I loved your story. Nice memories.
Frances, you could definitely just use lime juice and honey or agave, about the same amount that would equal 1/2 cup of sugar. I would probably add the juice and zest of 2 limes.
I love those cherries! This looks fantastic!
What a pretty sorbet, Chris! I love anything cherry and those cookies are just adorable.
BTW, are you on Pinterest? I've looked but couldn't find you if you are. 🙂
My sister is allergic to cherries so we never had them growing up, so I have really been enjoying them lately!! This sorbet looks so good!
I love the vibrant color. The cherries really have been wonderful this summer...so sweet.
So found of cherries too, I like these little gems of heaven! This sorbet looks like perfect summer dessert: light, fruity and tasty!
What a beautiful color. My favorite drink is a cherry limeade so I can see this combination getting five stars!
Cherries around here are $2.99 lb on sale so they are a rare treat. The color of your sorbet Is so inviting. Great on a hot day or during a snowstorm.
Oh, your cherry sorbet would be really nice now in this sunny weather here in Singapore! Lovely! The cookies are so beautiful!
You sorbet looks great! Funny, I just saw that cherries are on sale here starting Sunday-Yum:@)
I love your stories. The cherry sorbet looks beautiful. I have been eating so many cherries latley, but I can't stop, there so good. It's sad that cherry season is almost over!