Champagne Sorbet

Photo: flickr user From Argentina With Love

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sparkling wine or champagne

1 cup white granulated sugar

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

1 teaspoon of lemon and or grapefruit zest

1 1/2 cups fresh grapefruit juice

1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (Meyer if you have access to them)

Preparation

Put champagne, sugar, corn syrup, and zest into a saucepan. Bring to a vigorous boil so that the sugar completely dissolves, remove from heat.

Strain into a stainless steel bowl (will help cool down faster), add the grapefruit juice and lemon juice. Chill completely. To do this, either place bowl in a larger bowl half-filled with ice water, and stir until champagne solution is completely cold, refreshing the ice in the outer bowl if necessary. Or you can cover with plastic wrap and chill in your refrigerator over night. I put the bowl in the ice compartment of our freezer for a couple hours, because it fits, chills quickly, and is far enough away from the other food in the freezer.

Process the mixture in your ice cream maker (Amazon sells a good one) according to the ice cream maker directions. Transfer mixture to a storage container and freezer in your freezer until firm, at least 6 hours.