Cherry Rosemary and Lemon Sorbet

If you love rosemary as much as I do, then you’ll love this delicious cherry rosemary and lemon sorbet. There is no sugar added or needed! I used the frozen pitted cherries from Trader Joes. They are dark and sweet cherries, so you won’t get any tart flavor. I do like a bit a tartness, so I added half a lemon. Honestly, a little bit of lemon makes everything from dinner to dessert taste a tad fresher (and better!). Honestly, I was eating the frozen cherries plain, as in straight out of the bag, since they tasted so delicious.

I suggest waiting 10-15 minutes once it comes out of the freezer to make it easier to scoop. If you make a lot of ice cream or sorbet, I recommend the Tovolo Ice Cream Tub, which makes it easy to get beautiful scoops. The container is long and thin, which gives you more room to scoop your sorbet. Plus, they are BPA free. I also use the OXO Trigger Ice Cream Scoop, which easily releases the ice cream after you scoop it. Seriously, I don’t know why I waited so long to get this product. It’s been a godsend for food photos.

Finally, I wanted to give a shout out to my favorite Rosemarie! Hope you feel better! Wishing you well, while eating your namesake.

Cherry Rosemary and Lemon Sorbet

Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

Author: Lauren Bolanos

Serves: 5-6

Ingredients

16 oz (1 lb) bag of frozen pitted dark sweet cherries (from Trader Joes)
½ tsp of fresh minced rosemary
juice from ½ a lemon
1 cup of water

Instructions

Blend ingredients in a high speed blender. I used my Vitamix.
Then, store in a container in the freezer. Preferably overnight.
Before eating, defrost 10-15 minutes. Then scoop and serve.

8 thoughts on “Cherry Rosemary and Lemon Sorbet”

Brilliant idea! I’m sure the rosemary brings so much flavor to the sorbet. I’ve never tried including herbs in my sorbet recipes!

Lauren Bolanos says:

April 19, 2015 at 9:37 pm

Thank you! I’m a big fan of rosemary in dessert 🙂

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Can I substitute strawberries for the cherries

Lauren Bolanos says:

April 20, 2015 at 12:23 am

I’m sure that would taste delicious. However, strawberries vary in sweetness, so it might be a good idea to balance the sour flavor in tart strawberries and lemon juice by adding some natural sweetener, like honey or maple sugar.

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I’ve never tried my hand at making sorbet before.. so this is an idea I need to try! Love the cherry, rosemary and lemon combination too – sounds really refreshing.

Lauren Bolanos says:

April 21, 2015 at 2:31 am

Thank you! It was very refreshing!

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This looks so refreshing! Normally I hold it against sorbet that it’s not ice cream, but I love cherries so much that I bet this one would win me over.