banana/pineapple tropical sorbet [recipe]

[Guest guest]

Ah, here's one much healthier than the chocolate gelato. I ignored all the fancy

directions

for serving inside the pineapple. I used frozen pineapple chunks instead of

fresh because I

happened to have them already. I also added about 1/4 cup of water to the

ingredients to

help it mix. And I had a couple of frozen chunks of papaya that I threw in there

as well.

This ends up tasting like a frozen smoothie. Yum!

 

Laura

 

Banana/Pineapple Tropical Sorbet

 

Recipe By : HungryMonster.com

Serving Size : 4

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 tablespoon honey

1 cup plain nonfat yogurt

3 tablespoons sugar

2 bananas -- chopped

1 pineapple

 

Because this sorbet is frozen in the pineapple shell, you must cut out the

flesh according

to the following special method. First, slice off the top, just at the point

where the edges

begin to straighten. Now stand the pineapple up on its bottom end. Insert a

long, thin-

bladed knife into the exposed flesh, next to the pineapple's outer skin. Push

the knife into

the entire length of the pineapple, stopping just above the bottom - CAREFUL -

you don't

want to penetrate through the bottom. Cut in a circle around the edge just

inside the skin.

You've now created a long cylinder of pineapple flesh that's connected to the

shell only at

the bottom.

 

To separate the bottom of this fruit cylinder, insert the knife into the side of

the

pineapple, about 1 inch from the bottom. Without enlarging the hole that is the

knife's

entry point into the fruit, fan the blade back and forth, cutting through the

inside fruit

cylinder in a large " V " . Repeat this procedure on the opposite side. Now the

long, central

pineapple cylinder is free.

 

Invert the pineapple over a bowl to catch the juice. Plunge a fork into the

pineapple

cylinder's top end and, with firm determination, pull it out into the bowl.

Remove the

tough central core of the fruit by cutting the cylinder into quarters and then

trimming off

the center strip of each piece. Remove any " eyes " .

 

Roughly chop the remaining pineapple flesh and put it into the bowl with the

reserved

juice. The rest is easier!!

 

Puree pineapple flesh and juice with bananas in food processor, gradually adding

the

sugar, yogurt and honey. Transfer to ice cream maker and process according to

directions.

Scoop sorbet into hollowed out pineapple shell, cover with plastic wrap and

freeze for at

least an hour.

 

To serve: Remove from freezer just before serving. Slice the pineapple from top

to bottom

into 6 wedges.

 

Of course, one needn't go to all that trouble...but it's a lovely way to present

the sorbet. If

you don't want to do it, then skip all the hard part, and just chop up the

pineapple flesh

and go from there and serve directly out of the ice cream maker!!