Thanksgiving Recipes: Ginger Pear Sorbet

Ingredients

  • 5 pears (about 2 pounds), peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped
  • 11/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, finely chopped

Cooking Instructions

  1. In a medium pot boil water and sugar over medium high heat about 8 minutes, or until reduced to 3/4 cup. Cool.
  2. In a food processor fitted with steel blade, pulse pears and ginger until smooth, scraping down side as needed.
  3. Add cooled syrup to pear mixture and process until smooth.
  4. Freeze at least 6 hours. In a food processor fitted with steel blade, pulse frozen mixture smooth, scraping down sides as needed.

Make-Ahead

  • This can be made up to a week ahead.

Make it Faster

  • Put pear mixture in large shallow metal pan, such as sided cookie sheet and it will freeze in as little as 1 hour.

Tips & Tricks

If you purchase large slices of crystallized ginger they can be cut into shapes to decorate the sorbet.

Preparation Time:

15 minutes


Ready In:

6 hours 25 minutes


Chilling Time: 6 hours
Baking Time: Approximately 8 minutes

Try it With:
Black Bean Lasagna

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