What to do with too-bitter sorbet?
I made cherry sorbet according to a recipe, only to find that the cherries I'd bought have a strongly bitter taste to them (not unusual for cherries in my experience). Now the sorbet tastes strongly of cherries I'd prefer not to eat :/ what can I do to improve the flavor, either as a last-minute addition during churning (too late for this batch but useful for the future) or a topping? I'm looking to make it sweeter.
Best Answer
If you're worried about the sugar not dissolving, you can add golden syrup to the thawed sorbet. It will also make your sorbet softer. I've only tried making sorbet a couple of times but when I used golden syrup, its consistency was softer than when I used sugar.
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How do you make sorbet less sour?
If the fruit seems extremely sour or tart, stir in small amounts of sugar, but treat the sugar as though you were adding salt to a soup: Add it gradually, one spoonful at a time. Freezing dulls flavors just a bit, but essentially your sorbet will taste just like the base.What does sugar do to sorbet?
Sorbet in a Nutshell That's it: you could make a sorbet with nothing but plain water and sugar. "In ice cream, a combination of fat, protein, and sugar all influence ice cream's texture, but in sorbet sugar is the big fish." Sugar doesn't just sweeten sorbet\u2014it's also responsible for sorbet's structure.How to make sorbet smoother?
Using corn syrup: You can replace 1/4 cup of the sugar with 1/4 cup of corn syrup to make a smoother, less icy sorbet. Using other sugars: You can replace all or some of the sugar in this recipe with another sweetener like honey, coconut sugar, turbinado sugar, or brown sugar.How to stabilize sorbet?
Glucose syrup, corn syrup, or invert sugar can improve the texture of the final sorbet, and also help to keep it from freezing solid. In these syrups, sucrose has been broken down into glucose and fructose. They have more body than simple syrup and resist crystallization.How to Reduce Bitter Taste - 9 Ways to Reduce Bitter Taste in Any Food - Fitness and Nutrition Guide
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Salt counters bitterness. It may seem a little odd to add salt to a sorbet, but I can assure you that it is not unusual to use salt in desserts. Adding salt will also enhance the perceived sweetness of the sorbet.
You won't need much salt. Maybe a small pinch per serving would be enough. Just be sure to note the total amount of salt you add to a batch so that you can adjust up or down in subsequent batches.
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