
Roasted Plum & Cinnamon Sorbet
Ripe plums roasted with cinnamon and a little maple syrup until jammy, then blended with their skins. Deep plum-purple, warm and tart-sweet.
- Hands-on
- 35 min
- Cooling
- 1 h
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Sorbet
- Makes
- 4 servings6 servings
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 117 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 276 kcal, 3 g protein414 kcal, 5 g protein (709 ml24 oz). No common allergens in the ingredients.
Ingredients
4 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
437 of 473 ml656 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
- Heat the oven to 200 °C400 °F. Spread 420 g ripe plums650 ml ripe plums2¾ cups ripe plums630 g ripe plums970 ml ripe plums4 cups ripe plums in a single layer in a baking dish.
- Drizzle with 1½ tbsp pure maple syrup1½ tbsp pure maple syrup1½ tbsp pure maple syrup2 tbsp pure maple syrup2 tbsp pure maple syrup2 tbsp pure maple syrup, sprinkle with ½ tsp ground cinnamon½ tsp ground cinnamon½ tsp ground cinnamon¾ tsp ground cinnamon¾ tsp ground cinnamon¾ tsp ground cinnamon and roast for 20–25 minutes, until soft, jammy and bubbling at the edges.
- Let the plums cool for 10 minutes. Scrape them and all their juices into a blender, add 15 ml fresh lemon juice1 tbsp fresh lemon juice1 tbsp fresh lemon juice25 ml fresh lemon juice1½ tbsp fresh lemon juice1½ tbsp fresh lemon juice and blend, skins and all, until completely smooth.
- Pour into the tubpint, cool to room temperature, then put the lid on.
- Once it is completely cool, freeze the tubpint 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.
- Expect it to look crumbly after the first spin. That is normal for a sorbet with this little sugar.
- If it looks crumbly or powdery, add 15 ml water1 tbsp water1 tbsp water25 ml water1½ tbsp water1½ tbsp water and run Re-spin.
To serve: Scoop into small bowls and rest a cinnamon stick beside the scoops.
My notes
Tips
- Any ripe, dark-skinned plums work; the skins give the deep purple. Out of season, roast frozen pitted plums for 5–10 minutes longer.
- For a warmer spice, roast a star anise or a strip of orange peel with the plums, and take it out before blending.
- Roast the plums up to 3 days ahead and keep them covered in the fridge. Blend and freeze when you are ready.
Why it works
Roasting drives off water and concentrates the plums' own sugar and flavor, so the sorbet needs only a little syrup. The skins add pectin and color, which give the frozen tubpint body and a deep purple shade.
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