Fresh Orange Sherbet

Name: Fresh Orange Sherbet
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes about 1 quart)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, grated orange zest from 1 to 2 oranges; 1 cup, granulated sugar (7 ounces/198 grams); 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 2 cups, orange juice, preferably unpasteurized fresh-squeezed (see note); 3 tablespoons, lemon juice from 1 to 2 lemons; 2 teaspoons, Triple Sec or vodka; 2/3 cup, heavy cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2004

Unlike ice cream, store-bought sherbet is usually third-rate. If you want a really good fruit sherbet, do you have to make it yourself? Yes.

SERVES 4 to 6 (Makes about 1 quart)

TIME 45 minutes, plus 3½ hours freezing

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