Watermelon Lime Sorbet

Have you ever made sorbet?  It’s easy, delicious, and basically frozen fruit, so pretty darn healthy too. 

I made Black Raspberry Sorbet, which was delicious,  a few summers ago.  You can find the link on the right under my recipes.  I was really looking forward to this one though, because watermelon is my absolute favorite summer fruit!  Before you do anything else, make a simple syrup (in recipe below) and put it into the fridge to cool.  Next, cut a watermelon into chunks, and squeeze a lime or two onto them.

Pulse the watermelon chunks/lime in a blender or food processor until smooth and then push it all through a strainer to strain out the seeds.

Mix in your cooled simple syrup and either freeze in a shallow pan and stir occasionally or freeze it in your ice cream maker.  We used the ice cream maker and it turned out great.

This was so refreshing!  I only used one lime, though, and wish I had used two.  There really wasn’t much lime flavor at all, however it was still very yummy and cool and a total hit with everyone.

 

Watermelon Lime Sorbet

1/2 c. sugar

3/4 c. water

6-8 cups watermelon chunks

2 limes

~Make a simple syrup by mixing together the water and sugar over medium heat until it boils.  Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Cool in fridge while you prepare the watermelon.

~Cut watermelon into chunks, and squeeze 2 limes over them.  Pulse in food processor until smooth.

~Strain watermelon to remove seeds.

~Mix in the cooled simple syrup and either freeze mixture in the freezer, stirring every 20 minutes until frozen, or freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s suggestion (ours took about 30 minutes.)