Raspberry, Sour Cherry and Blood Plum Sorbet

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Raspberry, Sour Cherry and Blood Plum Sorbet

March 4, 2012 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

We’ve recently discovered how easy it is to make sorbet from frozen berries and jam!

Here’s the recipe for our latest batch, made with whatever we could find in the pantry and freezer. The amount of jam needed will vary depending on the sweetness of both the preserve and the frozen berries. The ingredients can be varied to suit whatever you have on hand…

250g frozen sour cherries, defrosted
250g frozen raspberries, defrosted
½ – 1 jar of jam (we used a full jar of Pete’s homemade blood plum jam)
20ml (4 teaspoons) Grand Marnier (optional)

1. In a large food processor, or in two batches in a smaller food processor, blitz the berries and half a jar of jam together. Taste the purée to see if it’s sweet enough, adding more jam if necessary and re-blitzing. Pete’s jams aren’t overly sweet, so extra was needed to balance out the sour cherries and raspberries. If using a commercial jam or sweeter berries, you probably wouldn’t need as much.

2. Pass the purée through a coarse sieve to remove the seeds, then stir in the Grand Marnier if desired. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator if necessary – it should be cold before going into the ice cream maker.

3. Pour the mix into an ice cream maker and churn until set. Allow to firm up for several hours in the freezer before serving.

We’ve also made this with fresh strawberries, strawberry jam and a little of Pete’s vanilla syrup – it really is a very flexible recipe!

Posted in Recipes | Tagged easy sorbet recipe, homemade sorbet, making sorbet with jam, sour cherry and raspberry sorbet | 64 Comments

64 Responses

on March 4, 2012 at 1:19 am Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Wow, this looks just amazing. Love the color! Sorry about Queenie.
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:34 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Greg, on both counts.. :)
on March 4, 2012 at 1:37 am Tandy

Sounds delicious! Have you seen this month’s mingle? Your recipe is perfect for it :)
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:35 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Tandy! It was fun to make!
on March 4, 2012 at 4:46 am C

Wow, what a fabulous idea Celia – I would never have thought of using jam as the sweetening agent for sorbet – genius! I’ll have to try this when the weather gets warmer (not holding my breath!). It sounds like a lovely combination of flavours too – I love dark red fruits and berries :-)
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:37 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  C, it’s been a nice way to use up stuff in our freezer – I stocked up big time when raspberries were on sale, so there’s quite a lot in there! We’ve had our icecream maker for nearly 25 years, and it’s still going strong! :)
on March 4, 2012 at 5:16 am ceciliag

How could the Grand Marnier possibly be optional! and you make stuff seem so simple, now I am really desperate for summer! c
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  I know, I know, but not everyone is as alcohol loving as we are, Celi… ;-) I hope summer comes soon for you, you’ve been cold for ages!
on March 4, 2012 at 6:11 am teawithhazel

what a great idea celia..it looks so pretty..

i made the mistake of not sieving a raspberry icecream i made a couple of weeks ago..it tasted ok but the seeds were a real distraction and not pleasant at all..lessoned learnt..:)
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:39 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Jane, we didn’t sieve our first batch either, and learnt the hard way. Pete still ate the gritty sorbet though! :)
on March 4, 2012 at 6:36 am tania@mykitchenstories

Celia, an idea worth bottling. I will have to find a jam that even nearly replicates Petes , thats the only trouble .
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:39 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Tania, glad you liked it! Someone told me the Hanks Jams are very good, although we’ve never tried them. Expensive way to go though!
on March 4, 2012 at 6:57 am Suelle

It sounds as if it’s as good as it looks – lovely photo!

I hope you are safe from the flooding – we’ve had reports on our news about it, along with the tornadoes in the USA. It looks like being another year of fickle weather!
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:40 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Suelle, you’re so lovely, thank you for checking on us. We’re fine here in Sydney, but parts of NSW are looking very dicey indeed. I agree, it’s going to be another year of strange weather…
on March 4, 2012 at 8:47 am Roz MacAllan

Celia, wiil give this a go for sure, we love using our ice cream maker and lugged it to Tasmania and back so we have it at hand, couldn’t convince John to keep one in both places.
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:41 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Roz, one of these days I may well splurge on a proper one that doesn’t need a frozen disc, but ours has worked so well for so long that there doesn’t seem a need to change things. From memory we got it as a wedding present! :)
on March 4, 2012 at 9:13 am Rose

That easy? Well thanks. :)
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:41 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Most welcome, love. :)
on March 4, 2012 at 9:20 am Misky

One of these days I might have to buy an ice cream maker …..
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:42 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Misk, we love ours, and probably use it at least a couple of times a month, if not more…
on March 4, 2012 at 9:36 am Lizzy (Good Things)

Celia, this sounds wonderful and reminds me of an ice cream I used to make with buttermilk and a jar of strawberry conserve. I have lost the recipe, but might have a play around in weeks to come.
- on March 4, 2012 at 9:42 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Lizzy, now there’s an idea… x
on March 4, 2012 at 9:59 am Amanda

Lovely idea, to use the jam to sweeten the sorbet – I’d never thought of that. I make sorbet in the Thermomix using frozen berries. It’s an instant form of frozen dessert as the machine is strong enough to mulch up the frozen fruit – now I can sweeten it with my own blackberry jam, thanks to your inspiration!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:21 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Amanda, I hope you like it! It’s certainly simpler than messing around making sugar syrups.. :)
on March 4, 2012 at 10:50 am Tammy

That sounds amazing. I can’t believe how easy it is.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:22 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Tammy! It was so easy that I’ve now done it three times (we have a lot of jam to get through!).. ;-)
on March 4, 2012 at 1:32 pm The Wild Wood

Doesn’t the colour of the sorbet look divine! I have frozen lots of our strawberries …….need to make the jam first though! (lol)
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:23 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Elaine, it would work with bought jam, I’m sure. I was wondering if it would be nice with those sugar free French jams they used to sell. Mind you, we’re never allowed to buy jams these days – there’s always so much of it in the pantry! :)
on March 4, 2012 at 1:37 pm cityhippyfarmgirl

Fruity goodness! Plums, cherries and raspberries. Mr Chocolate can keep his chocolate, give me this sort of fruit deliciousness any day!
I’m still trying to convince a friend to get an icecream maker so we can “share” it. No space to get my own.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:24 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Brydie, we’ve had ours for over 20 years, and it’s still going. I don’t think they take up heaps of room, but you do need to have space in the freezer for the chill disc to live permanently…
on March 4, 2012 at 2:26 pm Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

With the beautiful sunny day that we had today I bet this was a very welcome recipe! :D
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:24 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Lorraine, we had lots of fun with it. And wasn’t the weather nice? :)
on March 4, 2012 at 5:11 pm Cate

We both enjoyed Billy Field – a blast from the past!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:25 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Catey love, we’re showing our age! Loved that song!!
on March 4, 2012 at 7:26 pm Joanna

I’m not a big sorbet eater, but could be swayed by this. That looks really beautiful, I particularly enjoyed reading-eating the title of the post, all those exciting words (quite bonkers). xx
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:25 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Ha! You know what they say about restaurant menus, it’s all in the adjectives.. ;-)
on March 4, 2012 at 7:29 pm Claire @ Claire K Creations

Celia wow what a brilliant idea! I’ll be giving this a go for sure.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:27 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Claire! Hope you enjoy it!
on March 4, 2012 at 8:38 pm Sous Chef

What a fab idea, I think I must try it with mango.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:27 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Sue, that’s a great idea! Over here we can buy frozen mango cheeks quite reasonably – we used it once to make jam!
on March 4, 2012 at 9:01 pm frugalfeeding

What an awesome colour. I just need to get myself an ice cream maker and I’ll be away. It really is a must buy for me this year!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:28 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Nick, you’ll love having an ice cream maker! And I think they’re quite reasonably priced these days…
on March 4, 2012 at 11:55 pm sallybr

What a great idea! I might do that with strawberries, and surprise Phil with a small batch of sorbet

I guess for strawberries I’ll need less jam, as they are already quite sweet – I am terrible at improvising, but you are a good influence ;-)
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:29 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Sally darling, you are GREAT at improvising, I see it all the time in your recipes! When we made it with fresh strawberries that a neighbour brought over, I only needed to add half a jar of jam, as it was quite sweet (as you say). I also added a tiny bit of vanilla syrup, because Pete made it and it’s sooo good. :)
on March 5, 2012 at 2:38 am promenadeplantings

I love sorbets, so refreshing and you went and topped it by adding Grand Marnier, it sounds perfect !
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:29 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Claire, what can I say, I’m a slush, love a little booze in my desserts.. ;-)
on March 5, 2012 at 2:42 am Just A Smidgen

I can’t wait to get out my ice-cream maker! Who’d have thought it could be this simple? I have some home-made strawberry as well as apricot jam that could be put to great use!! xo Smidge
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:30 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Smidge, it was nice to figure out it could be made like this. I feel like we’ve now got an instant dinner party dessert, because there’s always berries in the freezer and jam on the shelf! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 2:55 am Marilyn

The wonderhub is mad for sorbet. I’ll pass this on. We make it in the summer for a light dessert. He does a mojito mint lemon version that is tasty.

Bring on the warmer weather.

Maz
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:31 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Maz, I adore lemon sorbets too – must make some more (ours has vodka in it). Thanks for the reminder!
on March 5, 2012 at 6:41 am InTolerant Chef

Brilliant idea indeed! I would never have thought if using jam, how perfect. Celia, you are one smart cookie!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:31 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Becca! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 8:24 am Ivy

Hi Celia,
I read on one of your other posts (butter) that you buy your cream in bulk. Where do you get 1L tubs of fresh cream because I want to get me some!

Great blog, have been stalking your favourite suppliers in the last couple of weeks since I started reading here. Plasdene has another home preserver customer thanks to you.

And a note on the butter (comments closed there) – I’m not sure you can let pasteurised cream/milk sour on its own in the fridge. All the good bacteria and the ones you want are gone. The yoghurt idea sounds great, but I’d be worried about souring pasteurised dairy products the good old way without any assistance from adding the bacteria you actually want.

Cheers,
Ivy
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:37 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Ivy, I’ll pass that onto Pete who is the butter maker here. We haven’t made any for ages now…
  
  If you’re in the Sydney’s Inner West, Lamonica’s supermarket in Haberfield often sell cream in 2 litre containers. It’s a lot to get through! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 10:13 am Norma Chang

Love your presentation. Great recipe, few ingredients great results.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Thanks Norma! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 12:44 pm thehaleyway

gorgeous color! can’t wait to make this-thank you!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Hope you like it, Haley! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 6:15 pm Sophie33

Waw, Celia! I love this tasty sorbet a lot! So vibrant in colour! So easy to make too! :) A georgous creation! Oh,…yes!
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:38 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Sophie, it was very easy, hope you like it! Thanks! :)
on March 5, 2012 at 9:45 pm Anna

Looks delicious! Maybe you should put together a book with recipes including a jar of jam?! Mind you the only other recipe I know like that is Nigella’s chocolate cupboard cake or something with marmalade.

Our cheat mango ice-cream is frozen mango blitzed with greek yoghurt.
- on March 7, 2012 at 5:39 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Anna, there is sooo much jam here. And every time we make a batch of apricot jam, we have to give a jar to Gordie.. :)
on March 11, 2012 at 6:09 pm Liisa Weatherly

Thanks for the inspiration Celia. I had some wild plums that my neighbour had picked for me and some blood plum fruit paste that didn’t quite work (too sticky) threw in the frozen raspberries and viola, delicious sorbet. We have just finished licking the bowls.
- on March 12, 2012 at 5:09 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
  
  Liisa, that sounds delicious! Thanks for trying it out! :)