
Pink Grapefruit Sorbet
Blush pink, tangy and pleasantly bittersweet. A clean, grown-up sorbet that wakes up your palate.
- Hands-on
- 10 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Sorbet
- Makes
- 4 servings6 servings
Ingredients
3 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
421 of 473 ml631 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- If you squeeze your own grapefruit, strain the juice to remove pips and stringy pulp.
- Whisk 370 ml pink grapefruit juice370 ml pink grapefruit juice1½ cups pink grapefruit juice555 ml pink grapefruit juice560 ml pink grapefruit juice2⅓ cups pink grapefruit juice, 80 g caster or granulated sugar95 ml caster or granulated sugar⅓ cup + 1 tbsp granulated sugar120 g caster or granulated sugar140 ml caster or granulated sugar½ cup + 2 tbsp granulated sugar and a pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salt in a bowl for about 2 minutes, until the sugar has dissolved.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint, up to the max fill line. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Sorbet.
- If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml pink grapefruit juice1 tbsp pink grapefruit juice1 tbsp pink grapefruit juice25 ml pink grapefruit juice1½ tbsp pink grapefruit juice1½ tbsp pink grapefruit juice and run Re-spin.
To serve: Serve in chilled glasses with a few grapefruit segments.
Tips
- Fresh juice tastes brightest. Bottled works too; pick one without added sugar.
- The reddest grapefruit give the prettiest pink color.
- Leftovers: smooth the top flat, refreeze, then run the program again before serving.
Texture not right? Find the fix in Texture help.
Why it works
Grapefruit juice is thin and bitter, so sugar at about 24% of the mix softens both the texture and the bitterness. A pinch of salt tones down the bitterness even more.
Nutrition
Per serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint), estimatedWhole tubpint: 460 kcal, 2 g protein690 kcal, 3 g protein (709 ml24 oz). No common allergens in the ingredients.
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