Recipe for sherbet: in the eastern and in European style

One of the most delicious oriental sweets is sherbet, made from sugar, nuts and dried fruits. Many people confuse this sweet dish of the East with a fruit dessert called sorba, which is called "sorbetto", "sharbet", "sherbet" in different countries. But these are completely different sweets both in consistency and taste. In this article, a recipe for a sherbet known to many since childhood and loved along with baklava and kozinaki, as well as a recipe for the popular fruit sorbet in Europe, is given. The first is good for winter, the second for summer.

Scherbet in the best traditions of the East

The traditional eastern sherbet is very sweet and quite caloric. It tastes deliciously with hot tea or black coffee, warming up on a cold winter evening. A firm consistency and a long shelf life allow you to take it on the road as a sweet and hearty snack.

Recipe number 1. Sherbet of dried milk

We suggest you choose a recipe for sherbet to your taste . At home, you can prepare sherbet in two versions. Let's start with the traditional. First in the oven you need to dry 200 grams of nuts, it's best to take peanuts or walnuts. Then we grind them with a rolling pin, but not too finely. In a cauldron with a thick bottom, melt 100 grams of sugar and add to it 350 grams of water, boil, pour another 600 grams of sugar and a little vanilla. When the sugar is completely dissolved, put in it 50 grams of butter, mix and remove from heat. Mix sugar syrup with 500 grams of milk powder and chopped nuts. The resulting mass is laid out on a baking sheet, covered with parchment. Scherbet quickly hardens, so try to quickly level it with your hands and cut it, since later the finished sweetness will have to be stabbed.

Recipe number 2. Delicate sherbet with condensed milk

And here is another recipe for sherbet - with condensed milk. Cook 100 grams of sugar with 50 milliliters of water, add a little lemon juice, 100 grams of condensed milk, the same amount of butter and walnuts. Boil the sherbet for 20 minutes, transfer it into convenient molds and cool slightly, then clean it in the freezer to freeze for about an hour. The classic recipe sherbet can be slightly supplemented. For example, adding cocoa powder, you will get a chocolate sherbet, replacing the walnuts with hazelnuts or cashews, you will change the habitual taste of your favorite sweetness.

Refreshing fruit or berry sherbet

If the heat in the yard, then instead of the eastern is better to give preference to fruit sherbetu. It requires very few ingredients: fresh fruit or berries, sugar and lemon juice. To make a sweet sherbet from strawberries, take 500 grams of ripe berries, remove the tails. Grind the berries in a blender. You should get a homogeneous mashed potatoes. If necessary, you can use a sieve. Mix berry puree with 100 grams of sugar and 5 tablespoons of lemon juice, transfer into a bowl and put into the freezer for 5 hours. Then remove, blend the mixture again in the blender (then the sorbet will turn out to be tender) and put it for 2 more hours in the freezer. Serve a berry or fruit sherbet, laying it in a croissant with a spoon for ice cream and decorating with a sprig of mint or fresh berries.

Every sherbet his time

Here are such different, but tasty sherbets can be cooked at home. If you want to warm yourself with tea after a winter walk with something sweet, then at your service recipe sherbet in the east, if you want a sip of freshness on a hot summer day, then prepare a cooling fruit sherbet from what is ripening in the beds. Agree, in each season, as in every dessert, its own charm.