Scherbet (or sorbet) is a traditional drink of the Eastern countries, which is a sweet, soft drink based on fruit puree, caramel and spices. Sherbet can be thick or liquid: the first option is often frozen and served as a fruit sorbet, and the second - just cooled or served with ice.
Turkish sherbet drink is extremely easy to prepare, and the arsenal of existing tastes totals thousands and thousands, here you also have traditional fruit-berry sorbets, and variants of flowers of violets, roses, dog-rose, sorrel or even chopped nuts. How to prepare sherbet you will learn in this article. If the presented recipes seem sweet to you, and do not quench your thirst, try drinking fresh juices - they contain nothing superfluous!
Strawberry drink sherbet - recipe
Ingredients:
- strawberry syrup - 50 g;
- berry juice - 100 ml;
- berries of strawberries - 3 -4 pieces;
- mint - 2 leaves;
- ice.
Preparation
Whisk strawberries with berry juice and pour into a glass with crushed ice. Water the drink with strawberry syrup and decorate with mint leaves.
Ice in the composition of the drink can be replaced with vanilla or strawberry ice cream, since the classic sherbet recipes allow the addition of milk or cream. If you think that there are no better recipes for milkshakes with ice cream , then do not put this delicacy, but simply eat it separately.
Did you find strawberry syrup? Then just weld your own sugar and water in a ratio of 1: 2 or pour the drink with a syrup of berry jam.
Ginger sherbet
Ginger sherbet - a drink for an amateur, because with his sharp and spicy taste, he can easily scare off the "Western" man.
Ingredients:
- ginger root - 1 piece;
- orange - 2 pieces;
- water - 200 ml;
- sugar - ½ tbsp.
Preparation
A piece of ginger thick with a thumb and a length of 3-5 cm, clean and soak in 200 ml of water at night. The next day ginger water is poured into the saucepan and mixed with sugar, we cook from the resulting solution of a thin syrup.
From two oranges squeeze the juice and top it with syrup. The received drink is cooled and before serving is poured into glasses with ice. We decorate the sorbet with orange peel and grated soaked ginger.
To fans of more sharp taste we advise to replace orange juice with grapefruit and sprinkle the finished drink with a pinch of ground cinnamon.
Pomegranate sherbet
Pomegranate sherbet is a real oriental drink, because it is served in combination with pink syrup or water.
Ingredients:
- pomegranate juice - 250 ml;
- sugar - ½ st;
- rose petals - 1 tbsp.
Preparation
Petals of roses are laid in layers in a small jar or enameled dishes. Each layer of flower petals is poured with sugar or powdered sugar, and the syrup that is released during the infusion is drained into a separate container, previously strained. As the syrup is separated, the remaining pink petals can be supplemented with sugar.
Pomegranate juice is mixed with ½ teaspoon of the resulting syrup and set to cool. Ready-made drink is served with ice, decorating with pomegranate seeds.
Instead of pink syrup for the preparation of pomegranate sorbet often use rose oil, but not more than 1 drop per liter of juice.
Fruit sherbet with tea
An excellent soft drink in the upcoming hot summer season, which, in addition to freshness, gives energy and excites the morning.
Ingredients:
- water - 1 ½ st .;
- orange - 1 piece;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- sugar - ½ item;
- strong tea - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
Citrus citrus is arbitrarily chopped and poured with boiling water, leave to infuse for 3-4 hours. From the remaining fruit squeeze the juice.
Fragrant infusion on the crusts filter and mix with ½ cup of orange juice and 3 tablespoons of lemon juice. In the resulting mixture, we additionally fill up the sugar and add the brewed tea, mix the future sherbet well and set it to cool.
Ready beverage is poured into glasses and decorated with a leaf of mint or grated zest of citrus.