Sorbet

This recipe was created to accompany Flourless Chocolate Cake.

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr

The leftover syrup from the lychees makes a delicious sweetener for iced tea. Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 30 min

Active time: 1 hr Start to finish: 3 1/4 hr (includes chilling)

The tart-sweet flavor of this sorbet is particularly refreshing after a rich dinner.

(Sorbetto al Melone)

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 8 1/4 hr (includes chilling and freezing)

Refreshing and absolutely delicious. Mix up this treat in the morning, and it will be frozen in time to help beat the heat by the early afternoon.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional sitting time.

Ninety-nine percent of cava—Spanish sparkling wine—is made in Catalonia. So it's natural that the bubbly beverage has found its way into many elegant Catalan desserts. Here it is combined with the luscious flavors and bright colors of strawberries and oranges in a refreshing sorbet.

A pretty, pale pink sorbet enhanced with a splash of Champagne.

Taking a cue from the classic drink, this dessert has a rich and creamy coffee flavor. It looks pretty spooned into glass coffee cups or mugs and topped with a few coffee beans (real or chocolate).

This dessert is a refreshing way to conclude a spicy southwestern meal. For a festive note, dip the rims of frozen Margarita glasses into water and then into a bowl of sugar. Attach a lime slice to the lip of the glass and fill with sorbet.

Many dessert menus include a colorful sorbet plate-light and refreshing after a rich meal. Offer elegant cookies alongside. For the pink grapefruit sorbet recipe, we prefer Essencia, a dessert wine with the unique flavor of orange muscat grapes. It's made by Quady Vineyards in central California. If you cannot find it, use a Sauternes or a late-harvest Riesling.

This smooth sorbet can be made without an ice cream machine.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

Store-bought sorbet with a special sauce combines with <epi: recipeLink="101753">Lemon Butter Cookies</epi:recipeLink> for a refreshing, sweet and tart treat.

Move over, cranberry sauce! This sorbet is an alternate way of bringing that tangy flavor to the table.