普羅旺斯的天空下 Living in Provence

一直想買的製冰淇淋機終於入手了....

南法的天氣開始漸漸的熱起來, 夏日的莓果與各式水果也紛紛上市...每次去蔬果店, 看到成堆的水果, 我就像到了糖果店的小孩...
最近買了各2公斤的草莓和白、黃油桃, 都是西班牙來的(因氣候較法國熱一點, 蔬果成熟稍快; 再過一陣子就可買到法國的特大顆油桃而法國產的草莓也會更甜美), 先把草莓分別洗淨、擦乾、去蒂後分裝冷凍袋, 冷凍保存, 方便隨時派上用場...就拿這次的草莓、覆盆子與蜂蜜雪酪為例:

 

600 公克 草莓
400 公克 覆盆子
半顆萊姆汁
1片 萊姆皮 (避免刨至內層白色部份, 會帶苦味)
250 ml 清水
425 公克 特細砂糖
60 公克 蜂蜜
 

1.  將砂糖、蜂蜜、清水放入鍋中, 以中小火並攪拌至砂糖完全溶解
2.  當液體開始呈透明時, 放入萊姆皮, simmer 小滾5分鐘
(* simmer小滾: 可以看到鍋底小泡持續上升, 像香檳般)

3.  將糖漿離火於一旁放涼
4.  將草莓與覆盆子打成泥並過篩、去籽 (可使用一小湯匙輕壓莓果泥)於一乾淨的大碗中

5.  糖漿完全冷卻後, 取出萊姆皮; 將糖漿與萊姆汁加入莓果泥中

6.  倒入製冰淇淋機, 按使用說明將雪酪打至綿柔 (視各品牌、機種的使用方式而異)

7.  裝入冷凍盒, 冷凍至你喜歡的硬度即可

下一篇...有機檸檬與伏特加雪酪

English Version:

Homemade strawberry, raspberry and honey sorbet

Finally got the ice cream maker I wanted since last summer....

It is warming up in the south of France and I am thrilled to see all my favorite summer fruits popping up in the markets.  Two weeks ago, I came home with 2 kg of strawberries (from Spain, as it is still not hot enough for sweet and juicy French strawberries), and last week, another 2 kg of white and yellow nectarines.  For the strawberries, I cleaned, drained and stored them in several freezer bags as it is always handy to have some around...take this strawberry, raspberry and honey sorbet for instance!

600g strawberries
400g raspberries
juice from half of a lime
1 piece of lime zest
250 ml water
425g fine caster sugar
60g honey

1.  Put the sugar, honey and water in a saucepan and stir over medium low heat, until the sugar has dissolved.
2.  When the liquid becomes clear, add the lime zest and simmer for 5 minutes.
3.  Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
4.  Puree both berries and then sieve the mixture into a clean mixing bowl.
5.  Remove the lime zest from the cooled syrup.  Add the syrup and lime juice to the puree.
6.  Churn in an ice cream machine until creamy.
7.  Scoop into freezer container and freeze until firm.

Organic lemon and vodka sorbet is the next to come!