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Fourth of July recipes – sorbets and ice cream of the rainbow

Sat, 2010-07-10 04:51 — deni_K

Fourth of July recipes – sorbets and ice cream of the rainbow

Fourth of July recipes are challenges for many. A good recipe should be easy, fun, and tasty. And red white and blue always makes it better. What could possibly be more fun than ice cream?

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The basics of all of the frozen desserts

Frozen desserts, ice cream and sorbet alike, can be perfect Fourth of July barbecue desserts. To make a frozen dessert, you need to take a basic mixture of ingredients and freeze it when agitating it. This way, the dessert stays light and edible. There are many ways to freeze ice cream. First, you are able to do the double can method - take a small coffee can, fill it with the dessert mixture, and tape it closed. Put the small can inside a larger can filled with ice and rock salt, tape the whole thing closed, and kick it around until the ice is very close to melted. You are able to also purchase ice cream makers.

Red – Strawberry sorbet

Although strawberry sorbet sounds simple, you are able to do no matter what to make it fancy. Blend in a blender:

1 pound of cut and hulled strawberries

Do a 1/2 cup agave nectar

The 2 sprigs fresh basil or mint

Then you are able to just freeze and enjoy!

A simple white ice cream

A basic vanilla, mint, or even almond ice cream can be an amazing white dessert for the Fourth of July. Combine:

Do 2 cups half and half

Do 1 cup whipping cream

The 1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons flavor extract.

Combine, freeze and enjoy!

For blue, blueberry sorbet

Fourth of July is an excellent time to try out the blue Sorbet. In a blender or food processor, combine:

Do 2 pints blueberries

Do 1 pint blackberries or huckleberries

The ½ cup agave nectar or 1 cup simple syrup

Freeze, scoop, and eat!

These recipes, of course, are just suggestions. You are able to combine, blend and love any kind of fruit, sugar, and flavoring to create fun kinds of desserts. Enjoy the Fourth of July!