Coconut,lime and mint sorbet

This is a lovely end to a meal or great for cleansing the palette between courses.

If your lucky enough to have a ice cream machine you can use it for this recipe, otherwise whisking the mix every half an hour or so in the freezer will do the trick to break up the ice crystals. If the sorbet doesn't turn out smooth. You can always call it a granita!

Here's a quick definition of a sorbet.

Sorbet: is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water flavored with fruit (typically juice or purée), wine, and/or liqueur.

Serves 4 large portions and 6 little palette cleaners.

Preparation 10 minutes

Freezing time 4-6 hours

Ingredients:

125 g granulated sugar
150ml boiling water from kettle
1 x tin of coconut milk
Juice and zest of 2 limes
2 tablespoons of roughly chopped mint

Method:

Place sugar in a saucepan and add
Boiling water.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes or until the mix makes a syrup
Pour in to a bowl and cool
When syrup is cool add lime coconut and mint.
Place in a plastic container and freeze
Every half hour or so stir with a fork or whisk to break up ice crystals until fully frozen.
Serve with fruit salad or with flaked coconut and the pulp from passion fruit. Delish!