Spiced pear sorbet

 

• 3 cans of pears in light syrup
• a sizeable 2 tablespoons of freshly chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 
• 1/3 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1/2 tablespoon of goldschlager (can be omitted, but helps with consistency)
• 3 cups of water
• 3/4 cups of granulated sugar
• juice of 1 juicy lemon

1. Chop up ginger
2. Simmer ginger, sugar, cinnamon and water for 20 minutes to create simple syrup
3. Pour the cans of peaches into the Ninja blender
4. Pour back out the liquid into one of the cans until can is about 3/4 full, leaving the remainder of the liquid in the sorbet
5. Juice a lemon and add to the pears. 
6. Add the vanilla to the pears
7. Add the simple syrup and ginger to pears. Allow to cool for 20 minutes so blender doesn't explode when you blend
8. Blend on smoothie setting
9. Chill in fridge for 4 hours
10. Use the ice cream maker to turn it into sorbet

Strawberry Szechuan Pepper Sorbet

 

Strawberry Szechuan Pepper Sorbet

Ingredients

1. Frozen sliced strawberries: 1 lb
2. Juice of two lemons
3. Simple syrup: 1 cup of water + 3/4 cups of granulated sugar
4. 1/4 of Szechuan tingle peppercorns (or less
   for a more subtle flavor) ----> remove completely for normal strawberry sorbet
5. 1 teaspoon of alcohol (can be removed, but improves the texture)

Steps

1. Make simple syrup: gently heat sugar in water until dissolved
2. Roast Szechuan peppercorns on stovetop over medium heat for a few minutes to bloom scent, don't let burn
3. Grind peppers until very fine with a mortar and pestle 
4. In a blender, blend all ingredients until extremely well blended (ninja: just press smoothie)
5. Pour mixture into ice cream maker and let it freeze (10-20 minutes)

Store in Tuvolo ice cream tub or similar

Astonish your dinner party guests and toddlers!