Pink Grapefruit Champagne Sorbet with Pink Grapefruit Sauce
- 5 cups fresh pink grapefruit juice (from about 6 large grapefruits)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon grated pink grapefruit peel
- 3/4 cup Champagne or other sparkling wine
- 2 pink grapefruits (optional)
- Fresh mint sprigs
- Stir first 4 ingredients in large saucepan over medium heat just until sugar dissolves.
- Strain into bowl, pressing on solids; mix in Champagne.
- Pour 2 cups juice mixture into medium saucepan.
- Refrigerate remaining juice mixture in bowl.
- Simmer mixture in saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes.
- Refrigerate reduced mixture to use as sauce.
- Transfer juice mixture in bowl to ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
- Transfer sorbet to container; cover and freeze.
- (Sauce and sorbet can be prepared 3 days ahead.)
- Cut peel and white pith from grapefruits.
- Working over bowl, cut between membranes to release segments.
- (Can be prepared 6 hour ahead.
- Place segments in bowl with juice.
- Cover and refrigerate.)
- Chill 6 plates in freezer.
- Scoop 3 ovals of sorbet onto each plate.
- Spoon sauce around sorbet.
- Decorate with grapefruit segments.
- Garnish with mint.
sugar, light corn syrup, pink grapefruit peel, sparkling wine, pink grapefruits, mint sprigs
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pink-grapefruit-champagne-sorbet-with-pink-grapefruit-sauce-2403 (may not work)