Chocolate sorbet. Credit: jules:stonesoup/Flickr
This recipe for easy chocolate sorbet in the Sunday New York Times Magazine Food Issue caught my eye. So simple! Such promise! So cheap! Sunday’s issue included recipes for 11 other desserts, plus starters, drinks, and main courses. Note, I have NOT tried this recipe but hope to this weekend. Maybe I’ll make this today if I can get out of work early (doubtful). It is a lot cheaper than buying ice cream because I already have all the ingredients on hand.
Ingredients
3/4 c sugar
3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
2 c boiling water
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ice cream maker or large container
Directions
Mix sugar and cocoa powder, then stir in boiling hot water with a whisk until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth. Add vanilla. Pour into your ice cream maker and stir as per the directions on your maker. Or, pour into a large container and stir every half hour to make granita. I’m new to granita, but Wikipedia says it is a semi-frozen dessert that has a coarser, more “crystalline texture” than its cousins, sorbet and Italian ice. Sounds fine to me!
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You need to thoroughly chill the chocolate mixture before adding it to the ice cream maker.
This looks so easy and I have everything in the pantry already. I’m going to chill my ice cream maker insert right now!
Granita is basically frozen ice that’s been “stirred” with a fork instead of a spoon several times during the freezing process. Sorbet is smooth, while granita is more like fine-grained slush. It’s delicious, and very refreshing during warm weather, especially when made with citrus fruit flavors. It does not need to be made in an ice cream maker, while gelato does.
I made this Friday night for Saturday and it was very yummy! My husband thought it was a little too sweet and intense but I loved it.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker and freeze it in a bowl, about an hour before you want to eat it put it in your fridge. It will defrost into a delicious chocolate slush!
I really want to eat now 😉 I’ll give a try to this recipe…
@martin It’s got a very simple, chocolatey and sweet flavor. Great when you’re in need of a fix!