Peach Sorbet

Remember all those peaches we peeled for all those alcoholic drinks? We saved some. Because in the summer heat, a four ingredient recipe for peach sorbet is not something you should pass up. This recipe, courtesy (as always) of David Lebovitz, is possibly the easiest, most simplistic, and most flexible use of an ice cream maker yet. And quite likely the most delicious. Although that credit should probably go to the peaches.

Chop up the peeled peaches.

 Cook them in a bit of water until soft.

 Add some sugar.

Blend.

Add some lemon juice and chill.

Freeze in the ice cream maker.

The sorbet that comes out of the ice cream maker, unlike the other frozen things I've made, was ready to eat immediately - it has a very stiff texture. We put it in the freezer anyway, and had it later that night.

Here's where my recipe deviates a little from the original. Or not so much of a deviation as another use for this lovely sorbet. Once it was done churning, we scooped out a little extra sorbet into two glasses and poured some chilled, peachified white wine over it, making a very refreshing, thick, peachy drink.

It's like a light, wine-based smoothie!

I think this sorbet might be the most flavorful thing to come out of all my summer ice cream maker experiments so far. And clearly peaches have completely hijacked my summer. Which, well, who could complain?

Winos and Fruits

For this post, I'll need the help of my lovely assistant. We're going to show you how to clean out a fridge full of fruit using only two glasses, two pitchers, two extra-large bottles of cheap white wine, a mini four-pack of cheap white wine, some brandy, rum, and maybe some of that raspberry syrup you made the other day.

First peel (optional) and slice all the peaches in your fridge. Save some for the peach sorbet you're going to make in the next blog post, and divide the rest between two pitchers.





One of these pitchers will turn into chilled white wine and peaches. Remember that? We've been drinking it ever since peach season started.

 All the rest of the fruit in your fridge should go into the other pitcher. Probably doesn't matter what kind of fruit it is - we had a few blueberries and blackberries leftover from the most recent fruit picking expedition.

Add sugar, stir around.

Then add a lot of brandy to the mix of fruit.

Then decide you need some more fruit to balance it out, and go to the store to get some plums.

Might as well throw some raspberry syrup in there too, as long as it's lying around.


Then add some white wine.

Add some more white wine.

Stir around.

And let everything chill in the fridge overnight. You can drink it with your pancakes tomorrow morning.

At this point, you've been running around, slicing peaches, buying brandy and plums, and stirring things all day, so you need a drink. Take out that bottle of raspberry syrup you made the other day. See it in the fridge? Mix it with some rum, and pour it over ice.

 You deserve it.

The best reason to go peach picking.

 Ever since coming across this recipe for peaches and white wine, me and my equally hot, sticky, Philadelphia-dwelling friends have been making it for every occasion- housewarming parties, pool parties, painting parties, and sit-around-the-house-and-drink-white-wine-and-peaches parties. 

 It's not as much a recipe as it is a really fantastic idea. 

We've shared it with each other, with people at the wine stores, with fellow peach-pickers, and with facebook-at-large. 

So you've probably heard. 

It's delicious.