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    Grits and Pinecones » Recipes » Desserts » Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet – Sweet and Tangy with a Southern Twist

    Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet – Sweet and Tangy with a Southern Twist

    May 26, 2016 by Sharon Rigsby, Updated May 6, 2020 1 Comment

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    Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet

    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.

    Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet in a clear glass sherbet dessert dish on a red, white, and blue napkin.

    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.

    Ingredients for sherbet including mixed berries, sugar, lemon and buttermilk.

    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.

    Frozen mixed berries in a clear glass bowl mixed with sugar.

    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.

    Mixed berry mixture in the bowl of a food processor after processing.

    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.

    An ice cream maker full of frozen mixed berry sherbet.

    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.

    A container of Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet ready to put in the freezer.

    Several scoops of mixed berry sherbet in a clear glass dessert dish.
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    Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet - Sweet and Tangy with a Southern Twist

    Easy Mixed Berry Sherbet is a delicious, light and refreshing dessert! It's also a healthy-ish and low-calorie dessert, coming in at only 227 calories!
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Prep Time 30 minutes
    Cook Time 0 minutes
    Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
    Servings 8 servings
    Calories 227kcal
    Author Sharon Rigsby

    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.

    Notes

    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 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.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 3mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 130mg | Iron: 1.3mg
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    1. Carolyn

      May 26, 2016 at 10:38 pm

      This sounds delicious. Can’t wait to try it.

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