Grapefruit Sorbet

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 small red grapefruits
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup champagne

Recipe

• 1 could also use 4 large grapefruit -- marsh ruby or indian river. champagne may be stale or bubbly.
• 2 finely grate the zest of one of the grapefruits into a medium bowl and set aside.
• 3 juice all of the grapefruit, strain the juice into a bowl along with the zest. use a spatula to push as much of the juice as possible through the seive.
• 4 pour one cup of the strained juice into a saucepan, add the sugar and heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. do not boil.
• 5 blend the sugar mixture with the remaining juice, add the champagne and zest and chill thoroughly.
• 6 freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker following the manufacturers directions.
• 7 serve with perfected sections of grapefruit and/or a little of a bubbly champagne.