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🍰 Prickly pear sorbet served in the shell
145 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 4 fully ripe cactus pears
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 60 g sugar
- 90 g grape sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- 1. Cut the prickly pears in half.
- 2. Carefully scrape the flesh out of the skins.
- 3. Set aside the empty skins of two figs.
- 4. Press the remaining fruit through a fine sieve to create a smooth puree.
- 5. Add white wine, sugar, and glucose syrup to a saucepan.
- 6. Heat the mixture while stirring until it boils.
- 7. Let the liquid simmer for about five minutes.
- 8. Remove the pan from the heat and let the syrup cool down to room temperature.
- 9. Stir the prickly pear puree into the cooled syrup mixture.
- 10. Season the mixture with lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
- 11. Place the bowl in the refrigerator until the temperature drops to about 4 degrees Celsius.
- 12. Pour the cold mixture into the ice cream maker and freeze it into sorbet according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- 13. Place the finished sorbet in the freezer and freeze it for another hour or so.
- 14. Ensure the sorbet is firm enough to scoop into balls.
- 15. Scoop balls from the sorbet.
- 16. Fill the prickly pear shells with the sorbet balls.
- 17. Serve the sorbet directly in the shells.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 145
- Protein: 1 g · Fett/Fat: 0 g · Carbs: 36 g