Champagne with Lemon Sorbet

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 10min
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Champagne with Lemon Sorbet is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the South Fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 0.4 l Champagne
  • 2 lemons
  • 3 lemons
  • 80 g sugar
  • 80 ml white wine
  • 1 Egg white

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash and dry two lemons with hot water, peel off four thin slices and set aside. Thinly zest the remaining untreated lemons.

  2. 2.

    Zest, sugar, and wine in a pot over stirring until boiling, then let simmer for 5 minutes on an off burner. Cool and strain through a sieve.

  3. 3.

    Squeeze juice from the remaining lemons. Beat the egg white to half stiff peaks.

  4. 4.

    Add lemon juice to the wine mixture and stir; fold in the beaten egg white. Pour the mixture into a shallow metal bowl and freeze for about 4 hours, stirring occasionally. (Alternatively finish in an ice cream maker)

  5. 5.

    Distribute Champagne over four glasses. Using an ice scoop, take one ball of sorbet per glass and add to the Champagne. Garnish with lemon slices and serve immediately.