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Fruit: Cold Blueberry Soup with Orange Herb Sorbet

Source of Recipe

MasterCook


List of Ingredients

--------- The Sorbet
3 1/2 cups orange juice -- fresh
2 tablespoons honey
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest -- grated
2 teaspoons lemon zest -- grated
1/4 cup fresh basil -- finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh mint -- finely chopped

------ The Soup
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
6 cups blueberries -- cleaned
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups seltzer water -- cold
2 orange -- peeled & membrane re
-- moved
4 sprigs mint -- for garnish



Recipe

To make the sorbet, combine 1/2 cup of the orange juice and the honey in a small saucepan and heat just to dissolve the honey. Stir into the remaining orange juice
along with the remaining ingredients. Refrigerate until cold. Freeze according to the directions on your ce cream machine.

Meanwhile, to make the soup, combine
the sugar and water in a small saucepan andbring to a boil. Simmer for 2 minutes and let cool. Set aside 1 1/2 cups of the blueberries. Place the remaining bluberries in a blender and puree until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh sieve.

Stir in the sugar syrup and the lemon juice. Refrigerate until cold.

To serve, combine the blueberry puree and the seltzer and divide among 4 bowls.

Place a scoop of the sorbet in the center of each bowl and surround with the orange sections and reserved blueberries. Garnish with mint and serve immediately.

SERVES 4