dessert recipes

Ruby-red Grapefruit Sorbet


desserts

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 salt
1 tablespoon grated red grapefruit rind
3 cup fresh red grapefruit juice
1 cup semisweet sparkling wine

Combine first 3 ingredients in a saucepan; stir well. Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute or until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; pour into a large bowl, and stir in grapefruit rind. Let cool to room temperature. Add grapefruit juice and sparkling wine to sugar mixture. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Spoon into a freezer-safe container; cover and freeze 2 hours. Yield: 11 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup).