Desserts Recipes - Watermelon Sorbet Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 500 g/1 lb watermelon, skinned, deseeded and chopped

• 200 g/7 oz caster sugar

• 250 ml/8 fl oz water

• 2 cinnamon sticks

• 40 ml/1 1/2 fl oz lime juice

• 1 egg white

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Method:

1. Put the watermelon into a heavy-based saucepan over a low heat. Cook gently until it softens.

2. In a separate saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water and add the cinnamon sticks. Bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat. Cover the pan and leave the syrup to cool and infuse.

3. Strain the syrup into the watermelon puree and stir in the lime juice. Pour the mixture into a freezer container, cover and freeze for 2 hours, removing it at 30 minute intervals and beating it with a fork to ensure no ice crystals form.

4. Beat the egg white until stiff and add it to the mixture, blending it in thoroughly.

5. Freeze for a further 1 hour, beating once with a fork after 30 minutes. Transfer the mixture to the refrigerator 30 minutes before serving.