Fourth of July recipes are challenges for many. . And it is always better if it is red white and blue. What is more fun than sorbet and ice cream?
The basics of all frozen desserts
Frozen desserts, ice cream and sorbet alike, can be perfect Fourth of July barbecue desserts. To make a frozen dessert, you have to take a basic mixture of ingredients and freeze it when agitating it. This way, the dessert stays light and edible. You will find numerous ways to freeze ice cream. You may do the picnic-friendly double can method – take a small coffee can, fill it with the dessert mixture, and tape it closed. Put the small can inside a larger can that is first filled with ice and rock salt, tape the whole thing closed, and kick it around until the ice is very close to melted. There are also hand-crank, soccer-ball shaped and electric ice cream makers.
Strawberry sorbet for red
Strawberry sorbet might sound like the simplest dessert, but you can make it much more fancy. Blend in a blender or food processor:
1 pound of cut and hulled strawberries
The 1/2 cup agave nectar
2 sprigs fresh basil or mint
Then you just freeze and enjoy!
A simple white ice cream
A basic vanilla, mint, or even almond ice cream could be an amazing white dessert for the Fourth of July. Mix together:
The 2 cups half and half
Do 1 cup whipping cream
Do 1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flavor extract – mint, almond, or vanilla bean.
Combine, freeze and enjoy!
Blue – Fourth of July blueberry sorbet
Fourth of July is an excellent time to try out the blue Sorbet. Combine ingredients in blender:
2 pints blueberries
The 1 pint blackberries or huckleberries
1/2 cup agave nectar or 1 cup simple syrup
Then freeze, scoop, and enjoy!
These recipes are just a few suggestions. You are able to combine, blend and love just about any kind of fruit, sugar, and flavoring to create fun desserts. Remember to enjoy the Fourth of July!
