Prep Time: 60 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 pounds (700 g) ripe, freshly picked apricots or peaches
- The juice of 2 lemons
- 2 cups (450 g) sugar
- 1 quart (1 liter) water
- An ice cream machine
Preparation:
Pit the apricots and put them through a strainer (so as to leave the skins behind), and mix the lemon juice into the fruit pulp. In the meantime, simmer the water and sugar for 10 minutes. Let the syrup cool, mix it with the fruit pulp, and restrain the mixture. Then make the sherbet, following the instructions given by the manufacturer of your ice cream machine.Note: If you use peaches, crack open the peach pits and simmer the peach pit nutmeats when you make the syrup (then remove and discard them).
Yield: 8 servings peach or apricot gelato.
