Recipe #18 - Mango-Pineapple Sorbet

So once upon a time, I made Mango Coconut Smoothies as a part of this project (review found here).  Although they were delicious, I massacred the mangoes trying to get all the fruit off that evil pit.  In reading of my issues with this difficult, yet delicious fruit, my sweet friend Larina very kindly offered to help me cut a mango.  She didn't just offer; she even kindly followed up on her offer.  And being a smart woman, I called her when it came time to make this next recipe.

This next recipe is Mango-Pineapple Sorbet.  It is found on page 245 of the cookbook and online here.  (The online version is slightly different.  It calls for pineapple chunks, but the cookbook calls for crushed pineapple.)

This recipe calls for very few ingredients.

First you have to cut the mango.  Larina came over to my house to show my her crazy Jedi-cutting skills and made it looks so easy.  And guess what?!  It WAS easy.  (Not like I could have made it any harder than I did the first time.)  Thank you, Larina, for teaching me the art of cutting a mango.

Once the mango is peeled and cut, it gets pureed in the blender or food processer.

Then you just add lime juice and sugar and puree a bit longer.

Finally you stir in the crushed pineapple, and it is ready to go into the ice cream maker for 30 minutes.

Once the 30 minutes is up, it goes into the freezer to firm up.

When we had this for dessert tonight, my husband went crazy over it.  He says it goes on his list of favorite ice creams (although it is technically a sorbet) of all times.  Folks, he put this up there with Chocolate Peanut Butter from Haagen-Dazs.  Wow!

The only thing that I didn't like about it is that we had a really hard time getting to to form nicely on an ice cream cone.  It didn't want to stink to itself, but that's a very minor complaint.  It really is yummy!  Just serve it in a bowl.

Happy family and happy tummies!