Oranges & Apples - A Succulent Recipe For Sorbet

Fruit in ice cream has to be one of the best ways of giving your family a tasty yet refreshing treat. Some people tend to shy away from fruit ice cream, preferring something more creamy and rich such as chocolate ice cream or caramel ice cream.  I love those ice creams too but it's great to ring the changes and try something a little different occasionally.

When I make ice cream with fruit as a main ingredient I tend to make a sorbet - such as this orange sorbet recipe which is one of my favorites. However, I always use 'regular' oranges which is why I was delighted to find a blood orange sorbet at an ice cream parlor this summer (photo above). It was really refreshing and very strong in taste - much stronger than my orange sorbet - and the color speaks for itself!

I had a similar experience with apples in ice cream. Again, I tend to use 'regular' apples (usually from my garden) which I puree to make apple sorbet. The photo below, however, is of 'green apple' ice cream which I came across in France.

 

It was not a sorbet, neither was it a cream based ice cream - something of a hybrid really! Soft and milky but with more of a sorbet texture. If I ever get back to that ice cream parlor I want to know the recipe!

No Ice Cream Maker?

Having an ice cream maker in your kitchen is a great advantage when it comes to making homemade ice cream. However, not everyone has an ice cream maker which is why I have a page about making ice cream without an ice cream maker.

The other day I came across a book called 'Castle Cooking' by Jenny Bagley. Now retired, Jenny used to be the cook at a castle in Herefordshire. In over 30 years of working there Jenny produced meals, soups and desserts for a wide range of guests including VIPs and members of royalty from around the world.

Jenny's cooking has always been definitively English and traditional and so it was with delight that I read her recipe for Orange Ice Cream Bombe - the instructions to which do not involve the use of an ice cream maker!

So here is it is ... Jenny's Orange Ice Cream Bombe. An ice cream fit for 'the king of the castle'.