My evaluation of this recipe?
Hey! It’s chocolate and it’s cold…!
Yes, it is probably worth the trouble to make, and it really isn’t difficult.
Thanks, Fiona Kennedy for your work in the kitchen and for writing this, and thanks to Vegetarian Times for publishing the recipe.
Dark Chocolate-Carmel Sorbet
(From Vegetarian Times, Vol. 36, No. 7, p.51)
The caramelized sugar syrup that is the base for this decadent chocolate sorbet adds to the depth and richness. There are very few ingredients for the recipe, so the quality of the chocolate and cocoa really count.
1 cup plus 2 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. lemon juice
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp. salt
7 oz. dark chocolate, finely chopped
1. Place sugar in large saucepan and heat over medium-low heat. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until sugar has melted and caramelized to light amber color, stirring occasionally.
2. Stir in lemon juice (mixture will boil violently for several minutes). Slowly add 2 ½ cups boiling water, and stir until hardened caramel is dissolved. Stir in cocoa powder and salt, and bring mixture to just under a simmer. Remove from heat, and stir in chocolate. Let stand 1 minute, then blend smooth with immersion blender. Transfer to covered container and refrigerate overnight.
3. Pour sorbet base into ice cream maker, and freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.
Per ½ cup serving, 247 cal. …
(Jumpin’ jeezus, a half a cup serving of this would bring someone right out of insulin shock. Two tablespoons in a small dish is plenty.
I used Hershey’s Special Dark for the chocolate, but also had L'Artigiano Italian Bitter Dark Chocolate waiting in the wings.
My sorbet came out less than smooth, perhaps because I don’t own an “immersion blender,” and used a whisk to blend the chocolate. Nevertheless I would make this again.