Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet is a sweet, tangy and delicious ending to any meal. Just the thing to help you cool off on a hot summer evening.
This sherbet ice cream is also healthy-ish, with only 227 calories per serving and it’s full of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries.
Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet is probably the easiest and most delicious sherbet you will ever make. Most sherbets that you buy these days are mostly pale and tasteless concoctions.
What’s the southern twist?
Today’s recipe for Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet is different. This sherbet has not one, but four different kinds of berries. It is also delicious made with other types of fruit. You can use either fresh or frozen fruit. The secret ingredient in this marvelous sherbet is buttermilk. Yes, buttermilk. I know it sounds unusual, but it’s essential to the tangy flavor of the sherbet.
One other nice thing about this recipe is while you can make it in an electric ice cream maker, you don’t have to have one. I include “how-to” instructions for both ways.
More Ice Cream and Sherbet Recipes:
If you like this recipe for sherbet ice cream, I know you will also love these other frozen confections:
- Dark Sweet Cherry and Pomegranate Sherbet
- No-Churn Rocky Road Ice Cream
- Pralines and Cream Ice Cream
- Fresh Peach Ice Cream, and
- Meyer Lemon Ice Cream
Need more ice cream recipes? Check out my post, 33 Incredible and Easy Ice Cream Recipes.
Sherbet Ingredients:
You will need four cups of frozen or fresh mixed berries, sugar, light Karo syrup, buttermilk, and lemon juice.
How to make Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet:
To make Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet, combine the fruit, granulated sugar and Karo syrup in a large bowl and mix well. Allow this mixture to sit for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Process this mixture in your food processor fitted with a steel blade until it is smooth. At this point, if you want to remove any seeds, strain it using a fine wire-mesh strainer.
Put in a large bowl and add the buttermilk and lemon juice. Stir well.
If you are using an ice-cream maker, cover and refrigerate the mixture until it is very cold. Add to your ice-cream maker and follow the ice-cream maker’s directions. It usually takes about 20 minutes to firm up.
Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until it is firm enough to scoop.
Sharon’s Expert Tips:
If you don’t have an electric ice-cream maker, cover the mixture and place it in the freezer for 8 hours. Using a fork, break the frozen mixture up into small chunks and place in a bowl.
Use your electric mixer to beat at medium speed until smooth. Return to the pan, cover and freeze 3 hours or until firm.
Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet - Sweet and Tangy with a Southern Twist
Ingredients
- 4 cups mixed berries fresh or frozen
- 1-1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup light Karo syrup
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine the fruit, granulated sugar and Karo syrup in a large bowl and mix well. Allow this mixture to sit for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Process this mixture in your food processor fitted with a steel blade until it is smooth. At this point, if you want to remove any seeds, strain it using a fine wire-mesh strainer.
- Place the berry mixture in a large bowl and add the buttermilk and lemon juice. Stir well.
- Cover and refrigerate the mixture until it is very cold. Add to your ice-cream maker and follow the ice-cream maker’s directions. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until it is firm enough to scoop.
This sounds delicious. Can’t wait to try it.
Carolyn