Soggy Raspberries with the Underwears

Earlier this week, the kids and I joined our friends, the Underwears (the word on the street is that their last name is German slang for underwear…my children LOVE this fact so, so,  so, so much) back in the orchard, this time to pick some apricots and raspberries.

First up were the apricots.  We picked buckets of them and they are delicious!  I might go back for more next week.  As we got in our car to head to the raspberry section of the orchard, I snapped this shot of an approaching rainstorm.  Things were not looking good…

But we got to picking:

And then it started to rain (note the raindrop on the photo above)and the wind started to blow and the children started to scramble.

 

Mrs. Underwear and I braved the rain and continued picking while the kids had a party in the minivan.

Then Mrs. Underwear went home and baked two raspberry pies and made raspberry chocolate chunk ice cream.  The Underwear children were very happy this week.  My children made do with black raspberry sorbet.

I got the recipe from this month’s Martha Stewart magazine. 

First freeze the raspberries on a cookie sheet in the freezer.

Then mix together the raspberries, sugar, and water in your food processor.

Put this in an airtight container and freeze.

While waiting for the sorbet to freeze, make yourself some homemade whipped cream.  Watch carefully for sneaky boys:

After the children have asked for the gazillionth time if it’s ready yet, if probably will be.  Scoop the sorbet out with an ice cream scoop, and top with the whipped cream:

Yum!

Black Raspberry Sorbet

3 c. black raspberries, frozen

1/4 c. water

1/4 c. sugar

-Stir together water and sugar until sugar dissolves.

-Pulse raspberries in a food processor until coarsely chopped.  With machine running, pour in sugar water, pulse until mixture is smooth.  Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.

Whipped Cream

2 T. sugar

1 c. heavy whipping cream

-Beat cream and sugar until soft peaks form.

 

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