Oranges Filled With Orange Sorbet And Cloudberry Jam Food

ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• Put the orange juice, star anise and sugar into a pan. Bring to the boil, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved, then remove the star anise. Cool, then pour into an ice-cream machine and churn until smooth and frozen. (If you don't have an ice-cream machine, cool the mixture, then tip into a freezerproof container and freeze until firm, whisking every hour with a fork to break up the ice crystals.)

ORANGE SORBET

Steps:

• 1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
• 2. Select Variable 1.
• 3. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
• 4. use the tamper to press ingredients into the blades.
• 5. In about 30-60 seconds, the sound of the motor will change and four mounds should form.
• 6. Stop machine. Do not over mix or melting will occur. Serve immediately.

ORANGES FILLED WITH ORANGE SORBET AND CLOUDBERRY JAM

Steps:

• To make the sorbet, beat yolks thoroughly. Add sugar and salt, and combine well.
• Split vanilla beans, remove seeds and reserve for another use. Heat milk and cream together with vanilla-bean pods until mixture is hot but not boiling. Stir a little of the hot liquid into the yolk mixture, then return all to milk mixture and cook, stirring, until thick enough to coat back of spoon. Strain.
• Add finely grated peel of oranges and cool.
• Put the mixture in an ice-cream machine and process. When slushy, add orange juice.
• Blanch julienned pieces of orange peel in boiling water two to three minutes. Drain. Boil peel in additional water to cover until tender, about five minutes. Cool, drain and dry. Add to sorbet mixture.
• To assemble, cut off tops of 10 oranges, reserve slices. Cut off thin slice from bottom if necessary to make orange stand up. Scoop out insides using grapefruit knife. Reserve orange sections for other uses.
• Fill shells with sorbet mixture, making indentation in center. Place reserved top slice on an angle in the indentation. Put in freezer.
• To serve, place filled orange on a large green leaf on dessert plate. Spoon cloudberry jam on top of sorbet and serve.

ORANGE-BERRY JAM

Steps:

• Place raspberries and blueberries in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Transfer to a Dutch oven. Stir in the sugar, orange segments, lemon juice and orange zest. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly., Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Ladle hot mixture into hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water canner.

CRANBERRY AND ORANGE THYME SORBET

Steps:

• Bring the cranberries, sugar, water, and orange zest to a boil in a medium (3-quart) saucepan. Partially cover the pan and boil until most of the cranberries pop, about 5 minutes. Stir in the thyme sprigs, remove from the heat, cover tightly, and steep for 30 minutes. Pour the fruit mixture into a fine sieve set on top of a deep bowl. Stir and press down on the fruit with the back of a large spoon to extract as much juice and pulp as you can, leaving the skins and thyme behind in the sieve. Refrigerate the strained mixture until thoroughly chilled. Stir in the orange juice. Freeze in an ice cream make according to the manufacturer's directions.