Pink Champagne Sorbet Food

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Heat sugar, the water, and 1/2 cup wine in medium noncorrosive saucepan to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil 3 minutes without stirring. Pour into small bowl and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. (Tip: To cool the sugar syrup mixture quickly, place bowl in larger bowl of ice and stir occasionally. It should be cold in about 15 minutes.).
• Stir remaining wine into sugar syrup, pour into 8" cake pan, and freeze overnight.
• The next day, process wine ice in food processor or blender until smooth. Return to baking pan and freeze until firm, 2-3 hours, stirring once halfway through. Serve in wineglasses, garnished with grapes.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT CHAMPAGNE SORBET WITH PINK GRAPEFRUIT SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir first 4 ingredients in large saucepan over medium heat just until sugar dissolves. Strain into bowl, pressing on solids; mix in Champagne. Pour 2 cups juice mixture into medium saucepan. Refrigerate remaining juice mixture in bowl. Simmer mixture in saucepan until reduced to 3/4 cup, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Refrigerate reduced mixture to use as sauce. Transfer juice mixture in bowl to ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer sorbet to container; cover and freeze. (Sauce and sorbet can be prepared 3 days ahead.)
• Cut peel and white pith from grapefruits. Working over bowl, cut between membranes to release segments. (Can be prepared 6 hour ahead. Place segments in bowl with juice. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Chill 6 plates in freezer. Scoop 3 ovals of sorbet onto each plate. Spoon sauce around sorbet. Decorate with grapefruit segments. Garnish with mint.

PINK CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water in a bowl. Beat corn syrup, champagne, and egg whites into gelatin mixture; pour into a 9x13-inch pan. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours.
• Spoon 1/2 of the mixture into a food processor or blender; cover and process on high speed until smooth but not melted, about 30 seconds. Pour mixture into a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Process remaining mixture and pour over mixture in loaf pan. Cover and freeze until firm, 6 hours to overnight.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET FLOATS

Steps:

• Place the strawberries, sugar, lemon zest and juice into a blender and blend until completely smooth. Place in a large bowl and stir in 1/2 cup pink Champagne.
• Pour into a quart container and place into the freezer for 6 hours. Leave sorbet out for 10-15 minutes to slightly soften before serving.
• To make strawberry star garnish for the glass, use a small star cutter and cut the strawberry rounds. Make one small cut into the center and place on the edge of the glasses.
• Scoop sorbet into chilled coupe glasses and pour over pink champagne.

CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• Combine water and sugar in a heavy bottom pot. Boil until reduced to a thin syrup, about 1 hour.
• Pour syrup into a heat-proof bowl and let cool to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Pour Champagne into the syrup and mix until fully combined. Transfer mixture to an ice cream churner. Churn per manufacturer's directions until icy and no longer runny, about 35 minutes.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT-CHAMPAGNE SORBET

Steps:

• In a medium, nonreactive saucepan, heat about half of the Champagne with the sugar, stirring frequently, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining Champagne and the grapefruit juice.
• Chill the mixture thoroughly, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Perfect Pairing
• Although lots of other fruit granitas go well with Pink Grapefruit-Champagne Sorbet, Raspberry Granita (page 157) makes the most stunning complement.