Chinese Recipes - Mandarin Liqueur Sorbet with Lychees Recipe

  
 

Chinese Desserts, Cakes and Confectionery Recipes - Mandarin Liqueur Sorbet with Lychees Recipe

Ingredients

  • 450ml/2 cups water

  • 100g/1/2 cup sugar

  • 550g/1 1/4lb canned mandarin oranges in syrup

  • 60ml/4 tbsp lemon juice

  • 30ml/2 tbsp orange liqueur

  • 500g/2 oz canned lychees in syrup

Method:

  1. Place the water and sugar in a pan and cook over a low heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture boils.

  2. Boil, without stirring, for 3  minutes then remove form the heat and leave to cool.

  3. Puree 1 can of mandarins with their syrup until smooth. Strain.

  4. Stir the puree, lemon juice and liqueur into the cooled syrup. Pour into a large freezer dish and freeze for at least 3 hours until firm.

  5. Refrigerate the remaining mandarins and lychees until cold.

  6. To serve, drain the mandarins and lychees, reserving the lychees syrup. Spoon the fruit and lychee syrup into serving dishes.

  7. Remove the sorbet from the freezer and flake it lightly with a fork. Spoon over the fruit and serve.