Award Berry Sorbet

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened blueberries, fresh or frozen
• 1 cup unsweetened blackberry, fresh or frozen thawed
• 3/4 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen loose-pack thawed
• 1 cup orange juice
• fresh blueberries (optional)
• blackberry (optional)
• raspberries (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan bring water, sugar, and the blueberries to boiling.
• 2 cook and stir until sugar is dissolved and blueberries are tender (1 to 2 minutes).
• 3 remove from heat.
• 4 drain berries, reserving liquid; set aside to cool.
• 5 meanwhile, in a food processor bowl or blender container combine blackberries and raspberries.
• 6 cover and process or blend until smooth.
• 7 press pureed berries through fine-mesh sieve; discard seeds.
• 8 place the blueberries and 1/3 cup of the reserved cooking liquid (do not discard remaining liquid) in food processor bowl or blender container.
• 9 cover and process or blend until almost smooth.
• 10 press blueberry mixture through the fine-mesh sieve; discard skins.
• 11 in a large bowl combine the pureed mixtures, remaining cooking liquid, and orange juice.
• 12 cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until mixture is completely chilled.
• 13 freeze mixture in a 4- or 5-quart ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions.
• 14 ripen 4 hours.
• 15 use within 2 days.
• 16 serve individual scoops of sorbet with fresh berries, if desired.