[Swing Swang]

I'm going to make some Raspberry sorbet at the weekend - not particularly difficult task, however some recipes advise using the sweetened juice from freshly squeezed berries, whereas others suggest that the berries be lightly cooked prior to extracting their juice and sweetening.

Any opinions anyone?

SS

[Yorkie]

This BBC recipe cooks them.

[Spana]

I dont, just whiz  in magi-mix and push through a plastic sieve to remove seeds. 

[cheshirecheese]

I can't imagine why a recipe would suggest cooking/heating - unless it's to melt the sugar?  No need if you use icing sugar.  Personally, I much prefer soft fruit that's been tampered with as little as possible, allowing you retain the maximum flavour.  Less washing up too!

[Spana]

I can't imagine why a recipe would suggest cooking/heating - unless it's to melt the sugar?

For sorbet i just make a sugar syrup, let it cool then mix it with the fruit puree and put into the icecream maker.
I like it more than ice cream  :happy:

If I'm making something like plum  sorbet i would cook the fruit first in the smallest amount of water possible without any sugar.  Then do as above, magi-mix, sieve and mix with cold sugar syrup. :happy:

Forgot to add, you do need to add  eggwhite  to the fruit and syrup mixture

[sunshineband]

Is the egg white beaten like meringue, or just stirred up a bit, Spana?

[Spana]

Is the egg white beaten like meringue, or just stirred up a bit, Spana?

Whipped until thickish but not as stiff as you would for meringue and then folded in

[sunshineband]

Is the egg white beaten like meringue, or just stirred up a bit, Spana?

Whipped until thickish but not as stiff as you would for meringue and then folded in

Thank you 

[Swing Swang]

I didn't bother cooking in the end - delicious

[WendysLot]

What a great idea.  I don't like to waste anything if I can help it  so I wonder if it would work with whizzed up whole raspberries without straining them, I know there would be seeds in there but I don't mind seeds when I eat them whole, maybe it would be nice to stir in a few whole raspberries? Making my mouth water already...