Raspberry Lemon Sorbet

Last Updated July 20th, 2022 at 07:09 am by Lisa

Raspberry Lemon Sorbet is a real fruit dessert, that is dairy-free, vegan, and has no refined sugar.

Some people call this a summer fruit sorbet or nice cream. Put this together with raspberries, strawberries, pineapple, and bananas, and served in real lemon cups.

Serve this easy lemon sorbet al fresco at a dinner party or cookout. It is healthy for anyone watching their sugar and great for kids. All swirled together, frozen, and scooped into lemon peels. What a beautiful refreshing treat...

Homemade Lemon Sorbet Recipe

In France, this dessert is known as Givre', French for "frosted".  It describes sorbet served in frozen coconut shells or whole fruit peels such as lemons, oranges, or pineapples. Often the French will serve this between courses as a palate cleanser or a cool dessert.

• 6-8 whole lemons (top cut off and scooped out)
• 6-8 pretty frozen raspberries for garnish

Raspberry Strawberry Sorbet

• 2 cups frozen strawberries
• 1 cup frozen raspberries
• 6-8 dates
• 2 cups coconut water

Lemon Sorbet

• 2 cups frozen pineapple
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 cups coconut water

1. Freeze all the fruit, raspberries, strawberries, pineapple, and banana.
2. Clean the lemons well by scrubbing under cool clean water. Lay the lemon on its side and slice the lemon top off. Then use a metal spoon or melon ball scoop and remove the lemon pulp inside the lemon peel shell.
3. You can also slice a tiny bit of lemon off the bottom of the lemon rind peel to keep it stable on your plate.

Make The Sorbet

1. In a high-speed blender, mix frozen strawberries, raspberries, dates, and coconut water.
2. In a high-speed blender, mix pineapple, lemon juice, banana, and coconut water.
3. Then spread the raspberry strawberry mixture into half of a 9 x 13 glass baking dish or shallow container, and then spread the tart lemon mixture on top working quickly as it melts fast. Take a spatula and swirl the two together.
4. Cover well with plastic wrap, and freeze for a couple of hours or until firm.

Assemble Sorbet

1. If you freeze overnight, place on the counter to soften up for about 15-20 minutes before scooping into the lemon shell peels. Keep an eye on it, it melts fast.
2. Using a small 1" ice cream scoop, fill the lemons to the top, and push several more scoops on top, press a raspberry on top. Or simply serve in bowls with raspberries on top.
3. Freeze nice cream filled lemons with raspberries for a couple more hours or overnight and serve. Store any leftover sorbet in a BPA-free plastic container in the freezer.

Easy Lemon Sorbet Recipe Tips

lemons: clean pretty regular standard lemons or Meyer lemons with the top cut off and scooped out the lemon shells with either a spoon or melon baller.

frozen fresh fruit: use raspberries, strawberries, bananas, and pineapple that are frozen, it helps the nice cream swirl when you put it together. You can also swap in mangos, peaches, blueberries, or cherries. Real fruit has enough sugar so you don't need to add any sugar or simple syrup like some recipes call for.

dates: add a nice sweetness to the nice cream without adding refined sugar.

coconut water: adds great flavor and freezes well to make the sorbet, it adds some nice flavor, you could add cups of water or fruit juice in its place.

lemon juice: fresh lemon juice adds a tartness to all the sweet fruit and dates. It also might be nice to add a little bit of lemon zest.

This cutie is Kylie, my niece. I am pretty darn proud of her business, creative styling, and photography skills.

I am totally biased of course, but she has some serious talents that really blow my mind! Perhaps a future creative or food blogger? We put this recipe together, and hey it's officially kid-approved...

Sorbet FAQ

Summer treats can be both healthy and delicious when packed with fruit, icy cold, and beautiful.

There is something so wonderful about sorbet after a heavy meal, and I love to serve these when entertaining, especially when it's a warm evening.

Lemon fans, take a look at my collection of 15+ Lemon Recipes 🍋🍋🍋, full of all kinds of ideas on how to use them up!

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