In
general, I'm not a great dessert eater. I might experiment with something fancy
for a guest, usually involving chocolate, but for myself I mostly keep it
simple, fresh fruit and such, with sometimes a bit of ice cream. I admit, when
I tried Sophie's ice cream recipe from this web site, I made an elaborate
version with melted chocolate, glacé cherries and
Cointreau, delicious, but next time I went back to vanilla. Properly done,
vanilla is best of all.
However,
here's a refreshing and basic fruit ice I make with egg whites. I call it a
sorbet, because that's what it tastes like, though I believe those involve
water; a vegan couldn't eat mine.
I
got the recipe from my mother, who got it from my sister, and I have no idea
where she got it from, never asked. But it's not only yummy, it's a great way
to use up over-ripe fruit, and I've found that bananas make it taste like ice
cream, not sure why. You can use any soft fruit - over-ripe bananas, berries,
whatever. I once tried orange, but couldn't get the pieces blended in. Still,
experiment. This summer I'm going to try mango and various berry mixes.
The
basic version is strawberry - you can't beat that flavour! (But the illustration is of a pear and banana version)
Ingredients:
Punnet
of strawberries
2
egg whites( you can surely find a use for the yolks elsewhere!)
2
tblsp sugar
Method:
1.Wash
and chop up the strawberries - you'll need to blend them into the egg white, so
the finer the better.
2.
Using electric beater, mix the egg whites and sugar till soft peaks form.
3.
Throw in the strawberries and mix it all up till it's pink and the fruit is
well mixed in.
4.
Put it into a plastic container and into the freezer till frozen.
Eat
and enjoy!
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