Fruit Sherbet

Name: Fruit Sherbet
Yield: Makes 500 g/1¼ lb
Ingredients: 500 g/1¼ lb/2½ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 15 ml/1 tbsp tartaric acid or citric acid; 15 ml/1 tbsp tartaric acid or citric acid; 10-12 drops lemon or orange extract; 10-12 drops lemon or orange extract; 1-2 drops yellow or orange food colouring; 1-2 drops yellow or orange food colouring

Preparation info

Makes
500
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

Kids love fizzy, sweet-yet-acidic sherbet, and it is very easy to make at home. You could even recreate a childhood classic combination by making the Raspberry Lollipops to dip in the powder. This combination evokes nostalgia on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ingredients

500 g/1¼ lb/2½ cups caster (superfine) sugar
15

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the caster sugar into the bowl of a food processor or blender, and blend until the sugar is in extremely fine crystals. This should take a few minutes.
Transfer the sugar to a large mixing bowl, and add the tartaric acid or citric acid and the lemon or orange extract.

Energy 1970kcal/8405kJ; Protein 2.5g; Carbohydrate 522.5g, of which sugars 522.5g; Fat 0g, of which saturates 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 265mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 30mg