Tea Sorbet Recipes

TEA SORBET

Steps:

• Let the mint steep in the brewed tea for 30 minutes. Add the sugar syrup to make it very sweet. Add lemon juice to bring back the tea flavor and to reduce the sweetness. Freeze in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil and simmer until sugar is dissolved, but no color is reached. Remove from the heat and let cool.

GREEN TEA SORBET

Steps:

• Bring water to boil, add leaves, and remove from heat.
• Steep for 5 minutes.
• Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• Strain through a fine sieve.
• Chill tea, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice cream maker.

LEMONADE ICED TEA SORBET

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups boiling water and tea bags in a large bowl; steep 5 minutes. Discard tea bags.
• Add sugar to tea mixture, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cool completely.
• Stir in juice and 1 cup ice water; chill 1 hour.
• Pour tea mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Spoon sorbet into a freezer-safe container. Cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.

MANGO-GREEN TEA SORBET

Steps:

• Combine water and tea leaves in a saucepan. Bring just to a boil, remove from heat and let steep 5 minutes.
• Strain, discarding the leaves. (Do not press leaves to extract liquid, this makes the liquid bitter.)
• Return tea to clean saucepan, add sugar and bring to a boil.
• Boil until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and cool about 30 minutes.
• Peel mangoes and cut fruit from pit. In a food processor or blender, puree mangoes with lemon juice.
• Add tea and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass 9-inch baking dish and freeze about 3 hours.
• Transfer mango mixture to a food processor.
• Pulse until smooth, 30 to 40 seconds.
• Serve at once or store in the freezer for up to 2 months.
• Soften 10 minutes before serving.

JASMINE TEA SORBET

Steps:

• In a small saucepan bring water to a boil. Add tea leaves and remove pan from heat. Cover pan and steep tea 5 minutes. Add sugar, stirring until dissolved, and strain tea through a fine sieve into a bowl. Chill tea, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Sorbet may be made 1 week ahead.

PEACH ICED TEA SORBET

Steps:

• 1. Purée the peaches in a blender and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium glass or metal bowl, pressing on the solids with a rubber spatula to remove as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids. You should have about 2 cups of purée. Add the tea, sugar, vodka, and corn syrup and stir until the sugar dissolves. Cover and refrigerate until the mixture is very cold (under 40°F), at least 4 hours, then mix well.
• 2. Churn the sorbet in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. When finished, the sorbet will be thick and soft and can be served as a slushy. To make the sorbet firm enough to scoop, transfer into an airtight container, press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the sorbet, and freeze until firm.

HIBISCUS TEA SORBET

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir in hibiscus and remove from heat, then let steep 15 minutes.
• Pour hibiscus tea through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return tea to saucepan and bring to a boil with sugar and a pinch of salt, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Transfer mixture to a metal bowl, then set bowl in a larger bowl of ice water and stir until cold, 10 to 15 minutes. 3Stir in lemon and lime juices and freeze in ice cream maker. Transfer sorbet to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 2 hours.
• *Available at Latino markets and Melissa Guerra (877-875-2665; melissaguerra.com; ask for flor de Jamaica, since it's sometimes mistranslated as "rosehip petals."