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Since I bought my ice cream maker a few weeks ago I’ve been experimenting with different flavors of ice cream. Even though my husband objected to buying ice cream maker in the first place, I knew I was going to buy one regardless so I had kept all the ice cream and sorbet recipes I found even before we purchased one.
When my fellow Bay Area blogger Jean shared her Lychee-Coconut Sorbet on her beautiful blog, Lemon and Anchovies, I knew I was going to try making it. I love the flavor of Lychee after an Asian meal. It’s tartness seems to cut through the grease quite well. The best part about this recipe is I can stock up ingredients in the pantry so I can make it anytime since my freezer bowl is now always in the freezer waiting for its next challenge.
My sorbet photos didn’t turn out as well as I liked so please take a look at Jean’s Lychee-Coconut Sorbet post if you need any convincing that this sorbet was absolutely delicious. I bought a new ice cream scooper for my future ice cream/sorbet posts so I can make a nice round ice cream/sorbet shape!
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- 2 cans lychees (1 can = 20 oz) (including syrup)
- ¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 2 tsp lime Juice (2 tsp = ½ lime)
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Gather all the ingredients.
- Using a blender (not a food processor), pureé the drained fruit and shredded coconut until smooth and set aside.
- Add 2 cups of lychee syrup from the cans into the blender. Mix quickly with a spoon. Keep the blender in the fridge for a couple of hours to allow the flavors to meld.
- Pass the mixture through a sieve into a large bowl (that will fit in your freezer). Then put the remaining solids back in the blender and blend again with 1 Tbsp. of liquid. Pass the mixture through a sieve again and chill the bowl in the freezer for about a half hour (or a little more if you have time).
- Right before making sorbet, add the fresh lime juice into the mixture and stir.
- Start mixing with your ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s directions. I set timer for about 30 minutes.
- When it’s done, transfer to an air tight container and keep it in the freezer for 3+ hours.
Equipment you will need:
- Ice cream maker
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Recipe source: Lemons And Anchovies
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Hey, if i dont have an ice cream maker can i still make this?
Hi Amrita! I heard people make ice cream & sorbet without ice cream maker, however I’m not sure details of it. All I know is that you have to take it out from freezer, mix it up, and put back in the freezer every 30 minutes… It requires more time and effort, but it’s possible.
We bought an ice cream maker last December–not the usual time of year for buying ice cream makers, since they’ve since been on sale now that summer is here. But I haven’t regretted it at all, because I found your website when I was looking for a matcha ice cream recipe. Today my son was looking for a lychee sorbet recipe and found yours. He made it, and it was FANTASTIC! With lychees in season, we used fresh lychees and added some simple syrup. Please keep up the good work. I love your site!
Hi Sylvia! So glad you found my site and thank you for trying this recipe! Using fresh lychee sounds wonderful. I had Lychee shaved ice from this Asian shop after dinner tonight and I was just thinking about making this sorbet again, too. Thank you so much for your feedback. 🙂
How exotic! Lychee & coconut remind me of being in South East Asia 🙂 I just bought a snow machine from http://www.realhawaiianice.com and I’m sure those flavors would be absolutely beautiful in shaved ice. I’ll def try it soon, thanks!
Hi Nadia! You bought that big shave ice machine?!?! WOW! You can open up a store! I’ll be the first one to wait in the line to get your lychee coconut flavor. 😀