Anne Willan

Juniper Sorbet

Preparation info
  • Makes 1 quart sorbet to serve

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook
The Cookbook Library

By Anne Willan

Published 2012

  • About

The warming, winter flavors of juniper and cinnamon make this unusual sorbet, sweet but with a pungent aftertaste, a good accompaniment to apple pie. To pick up the juniper, add a splash of gin at serving time.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (45 g) juniper berries
  • 1 quart (1

Method

Put the juniper berries in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin or the base of a heavy saucepan. Put the water and sugar in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Add the crushed juniper berries and cinnamon sticks and bring just to a boil. Remove from the heat, let cool for 2 minutes, then bring back to a boil. Repeat the boiling and cooling 6 t