Making a Melon Sorbet!!

In the recipe book," Country Kitchen Collection: Fruit Basket" by Anna Nicholas. Today I decided to make a," Melon Sorbet" " (Nicholas 19). From the different diversity of recipes in the book, and the uniqueness throughout many of the different foods I could possibly create from the book, this one stood out to me, due to the fact that I love different kinds of melons and eat them on a daily basis. The book announces that," A sorbet is the perfect finish to a rich meal and has the advantage of being relatively low in calories. By its very nature a sorbet appears to intensify the flavour of delicate summer fruits and this version is no exception being deliciously and coolly refreshing. Obviously an ice cream maker would make life easier but it is quite possible to make sorbets and granitas - which have an interesting texture with larger crystals - without one.
    Sorbets, often made from a marc, which is a clear alcohol made from the pressings of grapes after winemaking  or other fruits, is often served in France between courses as a way of refreshing the palate and enabling the diner to more easily cope with a large and sumptuous meal" (Nicholas 19).

The Recipe consists of:

Reserving the outer rinds and discarding the seeds, spoon the flesh of 2 medium-sized honeydew or canteloupe melons into a food processor together with the juice of 2 lemons and 8 oz (2 cups) icing or confectioner's sugar. blend to a smooth puree and turn into an ice cream maker or freezer tray and freeze. Turn into the food processor for a second time and blend again lightly. Put back into the melon skins and re-freeze to use as required. 

   

This was the melon flesh I removed and used for my sorbet 

This is the final result of my melon sorbet served in a miniature dish 

    I really enjoyed making this enjoyable recipe, and also it was very delicious and would want to make it all of the time. It was very sweet and wasn't really a hard dish to make at all. This was a new experience for me because i have made smoothies but not really my own ice cream in the past so it was an interesting and scrumptious creation that I participated in. In my conclusion, the saying, "you just have to work harder for something better" isn't always true, what do you think?

Nicholas, Anna. "Pumpkin Pie." Fruit Basket. London: Grange, 1996. N. pag. Print.