Jasmine Tea Sorbet

Fragrant teas make delicious sorbets. You can try this recipe with different teas, including modern fruit infusions and flower varieties, or traditional blends such as Earl Grey.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of Jasmine tea
• 75g caster sugar
• Freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 an orange
• Freshly squeezed juice of 1 lime

Instructions:

1. Boil 375ml of water, allow to cool for a couple of minutes.
2. Add the jasmine tea to your teapot, add the hot water and allow to infuse for 3 minutes. If you don’t have a teapot you can place the tea leaves into a tea sock or piece of muslin, allow enough room for the tea leaves to expand, and seal with a rubber band or piece of string, place into a bowl, add the hot water and allow to infuse for 3 minutes .
3. Put the sugar into a mixing bowl, pour the hot tea over the sugar and stir until dissolved. Let cool.
4. Add the fruit juices to the tea mixture.
5. Churn in an ice-cream maker, according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Serve immediately or freeze. If frozen, soften for a few minutes in the refrigerator before serving.

This is an intensely flavoured ice, so serve in modest portions, about 2 tablespoons per person in small glasses.

Serves 4

From the book: Tea – Discovering, Exploring, Enjoying by Hattie Ellis

We hope you enjoy this amazing sorbet recipe but remember you can experiment with different varieties of tea for different flavours!