Ninja Creami Apple Sorbet

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Thanks to a jar of ready made apple sauce Ninja Creami apple sorbet is so easy to make. Light, fluffy, refreshing and intensely appley it only needs a minute of hands on time.

Servings:

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time10

Freezing1

Total Time1 10

Equipment

Ninja Creami

Ingredients

280 g jar apple sauce - 1
2 tbsp maple syrup - 2
½ lemon - juice & zest

Metric - USA Cups

Instructions

Prep the pot - add all the ingredients to the Ninja Creami pot.
(Roll the lemon on the work top under the heel of your hand for a few seconds so you can extract more juice. Zest with a fine Microplane style of grater, before you cut in half to juice.)
280 g jar apple sauce, 2 tbsp maple syrup, ½ lemon - juice & zest
Top up with water - up to the max fill line. Stir to mix (no need to process with this recipe). Make sure the syrup is stirred through the mixture and not left at the bottom of the pot. It can trickle down and collect at the bottom if not stirred in well.
Freeze until solid; this can take overnight or up to 24 hours depending on your freezer.
Check for humps - If the mixture has developed a hump or bump in the middle scrape with a spoon so it is flat.
* Freezing with the lid off can help to stop humps forming. Different recipes and freezers can different sized humps to form. If your mixture always forms a large hump as it freezes give it a stir after the first hour in the freezer.
Do not spin a mixture that has a large hump, without flattening it first. You may damage your machine.
Process - Put the container in the machine and spin on the sorbet cycle – with the regular Creami (the NC300) which makes pint pots) the sorbet cycle gets the best results for this recipe.
Scrape the sides down and respin if needed.

Notes

Apple Sauce – I used a jar of ready made sweetened apple sauce as my base (you could also use a can of apple pie filling). If you prefer a recipe that does not contain any processed ingredients swap for a sweetened homemade apple sauce or purée, or some stewed apples. If using an unsweetened puree add 2 tbsp of sugar.
Maple Syrup – adds sweetness, flavour and improves the texture of the final sorbet. You can also use honey or golden syrup.

Variations

Make an apple pie sorbet by adding a generous pinch of cinnamon or apple pie spices.

Make a toffee apple sorbet by swapping the maple syrup for your favourite caramel, toffee or fudge sauce, and add an extra drizzle when serving.

Hints and Tips

This recipe is for the regular NC300 Ninja Creami, with (American) pint pots. For the Deluxe model use 1.5X the ingredients.
Make sure the mixture is completely frozen before processing.
Before returning a half eaten pot to the freezer smooth out the top of the sorbet so it is flat and easy to re-process.
To enjoy a half empty pot: either just let it thaw slightly or process again with the sorbet function. You must not the re-spin function on a solid mixture. Or, you can add about 2 teaspoons vegetable, food grade glycerine into the mixture and respin before returning to the freezer so it is scoopable from the freezer. Experiment to perfect quantities.

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.