Healthy, Delicious Sorbet Recipes

These sorbet recipes will give you exactly what you need on a hot summer day. There's no better way to finish a barbeque than with a cool, refreshing sorbet. When temperatures are nearing the triple digits, it's important to keep cool, but it is still swimsuit season, so put that pint of ice cream away and grab a bowl of its far less fattening cousin.

Sorbets can come in any number of delicious flavors, and, since they don't have any cream or eggs, they won't affect your waistline like ice cream does. The best sorbets manage to preserve the balance between sweet, bitter and sour that occur naturally in the fruit that flavors them. They magnify the fruit's inherent flavor instead of masking it with pound upon pound of sugar.

These recipes achieve that goal perfectly to offer you a delicious dessert that you don't have to feel guilty about.

Strawberry Mint Sorbet
Ingredients You Will Need:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
½ bunch mint, leaves removed
2 pounds strawberries, green tops removed
½ lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons vodka

Put the water, sugar and mint in a pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Continue to boil for a few more minutes. Remove from the heat, strain and store in the refrigerator until it's thoroughly cooled.

Meanwhile, puree the strawberries with the lemon juice and vodka in a food processor. Pour the strawberry puree into a bowl, and place in the refrigerator until well chilled. Combine the strawberry puree with the mint syrup, and freeze in your ice cream machine according to its directions. Either serve immediately, or freeze and eat later.

Watermelon And Lime Sorbet
Ingredients You Will Need:
1 ½ pounds watermelon, cut into cubes and picked through for seeds
1 ½ cups sugar
2 limes, juiced and zested
2 tablespoons vodka

Put the watermelon and sugar in a food processor, and puree until smooth. Add the lime juice and zest and the vodka. Pulse to combine and place in your refrigerator until thoroughly chilled. Freeze in your ice cream machine according to its directions. Either serve immediately, or freeze and eat later.

Orange Blueberry Sorbet
Ingredients You Will Need:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 pounds blueberries
2 oranges, juiced and zested
2 tablespoons your favorite orange liqueur

Put the sugar and water in a pot, and bring to a boil. Simmer until it reduces to a thick syrup, and place in your refrigerator to chill. In a blender, combine the rest of the ingredients, and puree until smooth. Place in the refrigerator to chill. Once they are cold, combine the syrup with the blueberry puree, and freeze in your ice cream machine according to its directions. Either serve immediately, or freeze and eat later.