Blackberry Sorbet

3

cups

fresh blackberries

1/2

cup

ice water

1

cup

sugar

1

Tbsp

lemon juice

1

Tbsp

vodka

1

Wash berries thoroughly, put in the blender. Add the cold water and puree the berries.

2

Strain out the seeds with medium-coarse strainer, into 2nd biggest metal bowl.

3

Dump in sugar, lemon juice, vodka. Stir, on and off, for 5 minutes, until sugar has dissolved.

4

Make an ice bath in biggest metal bowl. Put 2nd biggest bowl into ice bath, cover and let chill for 30 minutes. Then transfer to refrigerator, chill another 30 minutes.

5

Pour mixture into ice cream freezer and operate normally. Remove sorbet to plastic bowl with lid, freeze for 4 hours before serving.

Source

Source: Cook's Illustrated, July 1995, p.25