Fresh Grape and Champagne Sorbet

Bon Appétit
Servings 3

A delicious, cooling, and elegant dessert. The cinnamon really adds a nice touch to the grape flavor. It's lovely in early fall when grapes are in season.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups seedless red grapes
  • ¾ cup Champagne - or sparkling wine
  • ½ cup superfine sugar
  • ¼ cup frozen Concord grape juice concentrate - thawed
  • teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • additional seedless red grapes - for garnish; optional

Instructions 

Make the sorbet base:

  • Puree 4 cups grapes in blender.
  • Pour the purée through a fine-mesh strainer into a work bowl, pressing down on the pulp with a spoon to release the juices; you should have about 1 1/2 cups of purée. Reserve any remaining purée for another use.
  • Combine Champagne, sugar, juice concentrate, 1/4 cup water, and cinnamon in bowl.
  • Add the strained grape puree and stir until the sugar dissolves.

Freeze the sorbet:

  • Process mixture in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions.
  • Transfer to a container. Cover and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.

Serve:

  • Serve sorbet in Champagne coupes; garnish with additional grapes, if desired.
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