I love cherries in anything, and this delicious sorbet is all raw. I buy a bag of frozen stoned dark cherries from the freezer department in my local Sainsbury’s (they are only £2.00 for 500g which is a bargain) 

The sorbet is beyond easy to make, no churn and I like to serve it with biscotti and or some shaved dark chocolate on top… or just garnished with fresh cherries.

Ingredients

Makes about 3/4 pint

• 2 tbs cups of stoned cherries plus a few fresh ones for optional garnish 
• 2 tbs of lemon juice 
• 1/3 cup of maple syrup 
• 2 tbs Vodka, Kirsch or fruit juice 
• 1/2 tsp of almond extract (optional) 
• A bar of dark chocolate (optional) 
• A lidded freezer container on standby to put it in

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How:

Place the lemon juice, maple syrup, cherries and kirsch (or vodka or fruit juice) and optional almond extract into the bowl of your food processor. Working as fast as you can, blitz it all up till it’s silky smooth and there are no visible skin bits. Tip it into the freezer container to firm up unless you want it straight away, it will be quite soft but delicious nevertheless. It’s at its best texture wise after a couple of hours in the freezer and eaten that day. 

If it’s been in the freezer for ages you might want to take it out ten minutes before serving to soften it slightly. If I’m serving it with chocolate on, I put the chocolate in the fridge to harden up and then shave it with a vegetable peeler. 

I shop at:
Waitrose
Sainsbury’s
Tesco
Lidl