Tea Sorbet Recipes

Steps:

• Let the mint steep in the brewed tea for 30 minutes. Add the sugar syrup to make it very sweet. Add lemon juice to bring back the tea flavor and to reduce the sweetness. Freeze in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil and simmer until sugar is dissolved, but no color is reached. Remove from the heat and let cool.

Steps:

• Place the water and gelatin in a medium saucepan; let dissolve for 5 minutes. Add sugar and corn syrup, bring to a boil, and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add the tea bags, remove pan from heat, and allow bags to steep for 10 to 15 minutes to infuse the flavor.
• Fill a large bowl with ice and water. Remove tea bags; transfer mixture to a bowl set in the ice bath to cool. Add the lemon juice and food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until the desired shade is reached. The color will lighten slightly when frozen.
• Freeze mixture in an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's directions until set but not hard. Transfer to a chilled loaf pan, wrap with plastic, and place in the freezer until firm, 4 hours or overnight. Serve garnished with Chinese hat tuiles.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan bring water to a boil. Add tea leaves and remove pan from heat. Cover pan and steep tea 5 minutes. Add sugar, stirring until dissolved, and strain tea through a fine sieve into a bowl. Chill tea, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Sorbet may be made 1 week ahead.

Steps:

• Combine granulated sugar and green tea powder in a bowl.
• Put 2 cups of water and the sugar mixture in a sauce pan.
• Heat until sugar dissolves.
• Soak the pan in a bowl of cold water to cool the liquid to room temperature. Pour the liquid in a freezer-safe container and put it in a freezer.
• Stir the sorbet every 30 minutes or one hour.
• Freeze until sorbet is alomost frozen.
• Serve into glasses.

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir in hibiscus and remove from heat, then let steep 15 minutes.
• Pour hibiscus tea through a fine-mesh sieve into a metal bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding solids. Return tea to saucepan and bring to a boil with sugar and a pinch of salt, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Transfer mixture to a metal bowl, then set bowl in a larger bowl of ice water and stir until cold, 10 to 15 minutes. 3Stir in lemon and lime juices and freeze in ice cream maker. Transfer sorbet to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 2 hours.
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Steps:

• 1. Purée the peaches in a blender and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium glass or metal bowl, pressing on the solids with a rubber spatula to remove as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids. You should have about 2 cups of purée. Add the tea, sugar, vodka, and corn syrup and stir until the sugar dissolves. Cover and refrigerate until the mixture is very cold (under 40°F), at least 4 hours, then mix well.
• 2. Churn the sorbet in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. When finished, the sorbet will be thick and soft and can be served as a slushy. To make the sorbet firm enough to scoop, transfer into an airtight container, press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the sorbet, and freeze until firm.

Steps:

• Bring water to boil, add leaves, and remove from heat.
• Steep for 5 minutes.
• Add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• Strain through a fine sieve.
• Chill tea, covered, until cold and freeze in an ice cream maker.