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Elderflower sorbet with lime

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 12 elderflower umbels
  • 220 g sugar or honey
  • 5 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 pinch(s) lime peel, untreated, grated
  • 4 egg whites
  • 700 ml Prosecco

Instructions

Working time approx. 5 minutes; Rest time approx. 4 hours; Total time approx. 4 hours 5 minutes

Pluck the blossoms from the umbels and puree them in a blender with 100g of sugar or honey and the lime juice. Beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar or honey and the lime zest until stiff, then fold the egg whites into the blossom mixture. Freeze the mixture, stirring occasionally. Ladle the sorbet into champagne flutes and top with Prosecco. It tastes especially good with cantuccini.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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