Black Cherry and Lime sorbet

While the inner bowl of the icecream maker was freezing for its eight hours I kept toying with the flavours that would enhance a sweet black cherry sorbet. I kept coming back to lime and salt and mint so I looked up black cherry and lime on the internet and there discovered images for dark lacy underwear with vibrant lime trim.

If anyone other than my nearest and dearest reads this blog it will probably be because they searched the internet for something fruity. I hope they wont be disappointed with my tastes of sorbet love.

Nevertheless I thought the combination of sweet and sour would work as a dessert and I really wanted to see if the colour of the purple black cherries would change with acid lime juice. I pureed the cherries to within an inch of their lives and added about 50 grams of sugar to about 150grams of cherry liquid. Then I added the zest and juice of a lime and about half a teaspoon of salt. I blended it all together and left it in the fridge for an hour before pouring it into the icecream maker. I wanted it to taste full and fruity but tart at the same time and I was very happy with the result, especially as the texture is pretty well perfect.

The colour is a deep dark red I think the lime juice has made it more of a cherry red than the dark purply red I was expecting from the cherry skins. 

It is even better with a dollop of thick farm cream.