I am always too enthusiastic when it comes to buying fresh summer strawberries. They just look so dang good in the market, and I pile them into my cart with reckless abandon. But strawberries are fragile little things, and before I have been able to eat my way through the giant strawberry pile they start looking a little peaked. (I love that word, peaked. I just looked it up to make sure I had the definition absolutely correct, and it means “weak and wan.” It reminds me of books like The Secret Garden.)
Anyway, this recipe is the answer to peaked strawberries. When they start to get a little weak and wan and sad and dried-looking, it’s time to spring into action and make this absolutely mouthwatering silky smooth dessert, and all you need are the berries, a few other assorted ingredients, your food processor and your freezer. No need to haul out the ice cream maker.
Here’s all you need to do. Cut the stems and any really suspicious looking areas off your sad strawberries. If you have any really big berries, cut them in half, and then put them all in a single layer on a cookie sheet, and freeze them solid. Once they are frozen, you drop them in the food processor with a little vanilla yogurt, some strawberry jam and a little bit of sugar. I like this brand of jam in the strawberry variety (although I have been known to fudge it if I have something in the red variety of jam that doesn’t precisely fit the recipe.)
Press the button. About 60 seconds later, you will have this:
Creamy, sweet and delicious. Bring on those berries!
Strawberry Sherbet
Ingredients Directions
This has to be the healthiest frozen sherbet ever! And so easy! I think I might just have some peaked strawberries in the fridge right now…
Ooo, I just bought some today because they looked so good, but I'm not sure we can eat them before they are peaked. (btw, that is a fun word to use) So I think we'll try this in a couple days.
Wow, that looks great. I never thought about freezing the fruit first. I thought I was out of luck because I didn't have an ice cream maker. This could be a dangerous discovery.
Wow! I just have to tell you that I found you via Snackgirl's blog and you are my new favorite blog! Love your recipes!
I just stumbled upon your blog – what a treat! Beautiful photos and such yummy recipes. I have a "to make" list started…
I've been thinking of making a plain strawberry sorbet but I figured it would be too watery… now I have your wonderful recipe with yogurt and jam! It looks mega-smooth and flavourful!
I MADE THIS LIKE 20 MINS AGO ; had a major craving and luckily I saw this recipe just a couple of days ago . Gotta say , this was MAJOR YUMM! I can't get enough of this ! I'm going to try the same thing tomorrow , except with blueberries
hopefully it will turn out equally yummmy
Beautiful photos and such yummy recipes. I have a "to make" list started…
I made it yesterday and there where so much flavour! I used freshly bought berries and it worked fine. Thanks for this lovely recipe!
This is one of my oldest and most favorite recipes…even though I’ve made it a zillion times, I still can’t believe how simple and GOOD it is.