Last night I made a sherbet Champagne Grapefruit sorbet.
It was pretty freaken awesome.
Ingredients
3 cups nice champagne (I used a white yellowglen)
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/3 cup pink grapefruit juice (fresh)
1/3 cup of sherbet
I made my own sherbert because I had the ingrediants at home, but I'm sure the wizzfizz packet stuff is fine.
Sherbet
1 teaspoon of citric acid
1 teaspoon of baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
1 cup of icing sugar
(this will make more than you need but I wasn't opposed to having extra sherbet.
Pop champagne 1 to 2 hours before using. Gradually pour champagne into a bowl and set aside.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar and water. Stir until mixture comes to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and let it stand until cool.
add sugar syrup and grapefruit juice to the champagne stir until thoroughly blended.
Finally add the sherbet and stir.
Pour into a plastic container, cover, and place mixture in the freezer. When it is semisolid, mash it up with a fork and refreeze again. When frozen, place in blender and blend until smooth.
Cover and refreeze until serving time.
I put them into an icy pole mould after blending.
