ice cream - Gin & tonic sorbet

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 400 g caster sugar
• 400 ml tonic water
• 4 tbsp gin
• zest and juice 1 lime, plus extra slices to freeze
• zest 1 lemon, juice of half, plus extra slices to freeze
• 1 egg white

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from bbcgoodfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

Put the sugar in a pan with 400ml water and warm over a low heat until dissolved. Increase the heat and boil for 1 min. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
Pour the tonic water into a bowl, add the sugar syrup, then chill in the fridge until cold.
Once the tonic mix is cold, add the gin, lime and lemon zests and juice, and pour into a container, then freeze until just frozen – this will take about 2 hrs.
Remove the just-frozen sorbet from the freezer and break up with a fork. Froth the egg white with a fork, then add both to a food processor and pulse to blitz together – do it quickly so it doesn’t actually start to melt. Pour the mix back into your container and freeze until solid. Freeze extra slices of lemons and limes on a tray until solid. Serve the sorbet scooped into glasses or small bowls topped with lemon and lime slices