Fresh Fig and Lime Sorbet

Name: Fresh Fig and Lime Sorbet
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 quart
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar; 1 1/2 lbs ripe figs, stems removed, peeled if desired and cut up (any variety fig will do); 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (or more to taste)

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Use figs in season at their ripest. It is recommended to make the sugar syrup a day ahead to allow plenty of time to chill. Untried by me."

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 3
Yields:: 1 quart

ingredients

³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ lbs ripe figs, stems removed, peeled if desired and cut up (any variety fig will do)
¹⁄₂ cup fresh lime juice (or more to taste)

directions

Add 2 cups water and the sugar to a saucepan.
Cook, stirring constantly, until the syrup boils and the sugar has dissolved; refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Place the figs in the bowl of a food processor; puree.
Add the puree to the chilled syrup; stir in the lime juice.
Taste, and add more juice if desired.
Freeze sorbet in an ice-cream maker following the manufacturer's directions until the mixture begins to freeze.
Then scoop mixture into a storage container, seal tightly, and freeze for several hours or overnight.
**Black Mission figs give the sorbet a ruby color, speckled with black if the figs are unpeeled; Green figs will result in pale pink color speckled with green if left unpeeled.