Cocktails with Blackcurrant sorbet
Blackcurrant sorbet is a dairy-free frozen dessert of blackcurrant juice or purée with water and sugar.
How it's used
A scoop chills, sweetens and sours a drink, and colors it deep purple. In sparkling wine it melts slowly, so the drink keeps changing as you sip.
Substitutes for Blackcurrant sorbet
Another berry sorbet
Raspberry or blackberry works one for one. Only the specific fruit flavor shifts.
Sherbet
It contains a touch of milkfat. Swapping it in gives a slightly creamier texture.
Crème de cassis
Shake about half the volume with a little crushed ice. It brings similar sugar and color plus some alcohol, but none of the rich body.
Blackcurrant cordial
Undiluted cordial works just like the liqueur, only without adding extra alcohol.
Granita
Shaking these ice crystals chills and flavors the glass well, but leaves the body far thinner.
Storage
Keep it frozen and tightly closed. Once it melts and refreezes, the ice crystals grow coarse and the sorbet turns gritty.
