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Sweet Tea Sorbet

August 15, 2010 by The Runaway Spoon 9 Comments

I try to mix things up, different types of recipes each week. But this week, I am continuing with a theme. I recently posted my recipe for Watermelon Sweet Tea, praising the benefits of good sweet tea in the hot Southern summer. And then I raved about my little ice cream maker for making Lemon Meringue Pie Ice Cream. So now I have decided to combine the two ideas with Sweet Tea Sorbet.

This is sweet and cold and refreshing and everything you want on a hot, hot day. It’s perfect for dessert, or as a palate cleanser, or as an interesting take on a pre-dinner drink. It can be scooped into great big balls, or served in little shot glasses. It’s a great refresher after a casual barbecue meal, or an elegant addition to a fine silver dinner party. But, mostly, its just plain good. Use the same tea bags you would for a regular sweet tea – I like Luzianne – and a nice big handful of mint.

Sweet Tea Sorbet

1 family size teabag

3 cups water

2 cups sugar

1 bunch fresh mint leaves

½ cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)

Place the tea bag in a 4 cup measuring jug or bowl (glass is easiest). Pour over 3 cups of boiling water and leave to steep until the tea is a dark amber color. You need a nice dark tea to get the flavor, a little darker than if you were drinking it straight up. Reserve the remaining cup of brewed tea in the measuring cup.

Pour 2 cups of the brewed tea in a saucepan with 2 cups of sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Boil for one minute, then remove from the heat and drop in the mint leaves. Leave to cool and infuse.

When the sugar syrup is cool, strain out the mint leaves and pour into the measuring jug or bowl with the remaining 1 cup brewed tea. Stir in the lemon juice.

Pour the tea mix into the bowl of an ice cream maker. Freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. This will likely take 30 – 40 minutes, until the sorbet is light brown and grainy. Scoop the sorbet into a flat freezer container and freeze overnight, or at least 8 hours.

To keep the sorbet cold, try serving this in bowls or glasses that have been chilled.

Makes about 1 pint

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Filed Under: Southern Specialties, Sweets Tagged With: dessert, mint, sorbet, Southern specialties, sweet tea, tea

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  1. Casey@Good. Food. Stories. says

    August 15, 2010 at 11:39 am

    Yes please! I’m going to add some tarragon along with the mint – that’s my new twist on summer tea.

  2. SthrnGirl says

    August 15, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Goodness gracious!

  3. flour power says

    August 16, 2010 at 10:40 am

    You can’t get much more Southern than this.

  4. The Cilantropist says

    August 16, 2010 at 11:21 am

    This sounds tasty and is such a creative idea! 🙂

  5. The Duo Dishes says

    August 16, 2010 at 11:28 am

    So so so so happy to have seen this today!

  6. anna says

    August 18, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Yummm…this sounds extra refreshing! Now I want tea sorbet.

  7. GoodCookin says

    August 20, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    I made this over the weekend for friends and it was a hit. So refreshing. I thought it would melt really quick, but it didn’t. I printed it for my file.

  8. Amy S. says

    May 4, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    I made this last night and it was yummy. My husband thought I used too much mint, but I LOVED it!

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  1. Sweet Tea Cookies « The Runaway Spoon says:
    February 19, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    […] sweet depth.  I love to transform those flavors into many forms, from bourbon punches to sorbet to these cookies.  They are redolent with those iconic flavors. The texture of these cookies is […]

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