A mom’s gotta get those kids eating fruit, so I convinced the kids we should make a Cantaloupe Sorbet. They were skeptical, but were game to try it once they got involved in the preparation.
This recipe was originally in the June/July issue of Taste of Home Magazine, but the recipe portion below was written by the girls.
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1. Put one cup of water in a pot.
2. Put one cup of sugar in the same pot
3. Heat the simple syrup until boiling.
4. Let the simple syrup cool.
5. Cut 4 cups of cantaloupe. 
6. After the simple syrup is cooled down, combine all the ingredients in the blender. Blend until smooth. [the original recipe called for a food processor, but the blender worked for us!]
7. Put cantaloupe mixture into the ice cream maker for about 25 minutes. 
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Our end product:
OK, I admit, this was not our favorite recipe. First, the sorbet ended up being more of an ice than a sorbet. One of the girls was in charge of the simple syrup, and I didn’t check to see if it was thick enough. I think if the syrup were a little thicker, it wouldn’t be quite so icy.
Also, it was too cantaloupe-y. I think making it an ice cream would have tempered the melon-y sweetness. Maybe next time we’ve got some extra cantaloupe, we’ll try cantaloupe ice cream. I found a very yummy sounding recipe from Ben and Jerry’s!
I’ve seen cantaloupe paired with prosciutto. (I’ve never tried it though…prosciutto doesn’t seem all that kid-friendly.) I wonder if little bits of bacon would be a yummy topping with cantaloupe ice cream?
1 comment:
I think if they like bacon, they'll like prosciutto,nicely crisped, of course!
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