Spiced Orange And Honey Sorbet Food

ORANGES IN SPICED HONEY

Steps:

• Zest one of the oranges and set the zest aside. Working with one orange at a time, cut a 1/4 inch off of the bottom and top of an orange. Stand the fruit cut-side down on a cutting board, and working from top to bottom, cut away the peel and pith. Working over a bowl, cradle the orange in one hand and cut along both sides of each membrane through to the center, releasing the segments into the bowl. (If you can't get whole segments, that's okay.) Squeeze the remaining membrane over a second bowl to release any juices; add the juices that have collected with the orange segments. Repeat with the remaining oranges.
• Melt the butter over medium heat in a medium skillet. Stir in the cinnamon stick and a pinch of cayenne and cook until aromatic, about 1 minute. Add the orange juice, zest and honey and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, swirling occasionally, until the liquid thickens to a glaze, about 7 minutes more. Add the orange segments and cook until just warmed. Remove from the heat and discard the cinnamon stick. Spoon over toasted waffles, pancakes or French toast.

ORANGE HONEY SORBET IN ORANGE CUPS

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from 10 oranges to get about 2 1/2 cups of juice and set aside. Cut remaining 2 oranges in half and scoop our pulp, preserving shape of peel. (You can use the pulp to increase the juice amount if necessary). Place hollowed orange halves in freezer until frozen, about 1 hour.
• Melt honey in a small saucepan over low heat until liquefied, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup of the orange juice, then stir in remaining orange juice. Place in refrigerator to chill several hours or overnight. Freeze sorbet base in a machine according to manufacturer's instructions. When ready, scoop sorbet into frozen orange cups and garnish with mint leaves.

SPICED ORANGE AND HONEY SORBET

Steps:

• Combine all except the orange and lemon juices in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
• Boil until the syrup is thick and reduced to 2 cups, about 12 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf and cool the syrup.
• Strain the cool syrup and the orange and lemon juices into your ice cream maker bowl and process according to machine directions.
• Transfer to a container, cover and freeze until solid, at least six hours.