Cherry Water Ice and Sherbet
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Boil the sugar and water for 10 minutes.
Prepare and cool
Seed the cherries and add them to the syrup.
Cool the mixture.
Freeze and serve
Rub the mixture through a sieve and freeze.
For sherbet, add the meringue before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cherries
- Provide the main flavor and fruit body of the sherbet.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps keep the frozen mixture soft.
- Meringue
- Adds airy lightness to the sherbet texture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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