Home-made Mango Sorbet

Hello summer friends,

Today is a scorcher in England, summer has hit and it is 32 degrees outside! And what better way to enjoy the sunshine than a frozen bowl of fruit sorbet - refreshing and cooling this is the perfect sweet treat to counter the sun.

I have a ice cream attachment for my KitchenAid, but you can make this with any other ice cream beater or by hand.

Ingredients:

3 ripe Mangos
2 Lemons
100g Icing Sugar

Method:

Place your ice cream bowl in the freezer at least 12 hours before you want to use.

Peel the mango and chop into small chunks. Put into a food processor and blitz until smooth. Juice the lemons (if you pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds this is a lot easier) and add into the mango. Mix well, then add in the icing sugar.

Place the mixture in a freezable pot, and place in the freezer for around an hour.

If you are making this by hand, after the hour take out and mix the sorbet around and place back in the freezer. Repeat this every hour until it looks fully frozen.

If you are making in an ice cream maker, place into the beater and mix for the advised amount of time - in the KitchenAid I let it churn for almost 20 minutes. When the sorbet is looking solid, place back into the pot and put into the freezer until you want to serve.

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