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May 22, 2017 By Tina Dawson 14 Comments

3 ingredient Melon Sorbet

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is my favorite way to enjoy cantaloupe – simple, delicious and refreshing!!!

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

If you grew up in India like I did, you might have eaten a lot of musk melon during the summer – looks almost the same as a cantaloupe on the outside, but the interior flesh is more ‘floury’ and white, instead of crunchy and orange.During the terrible South Indian summers, my mother would almost always have a chilled bowl of musk melon in the fridge, sweetened with sugar. You have no idea how heavenly it is, to slurp musk melon on a scorching hot afternoon in June. I would finish my lunch faster to get to the musk melon in th fridge!

After moving to the US, it took me some time to get used to the texture and taste of a cantaloupe – I don’t think I am still completely used to it, but I can now eat it without thinking too much about it, so I guess in my book, that’s progress!

But ‘drinking’ cantaloupe, on the other hand, is my favorite thing to do. I just throw cantaloupe flesh into a blender with some lemon and honey/sugar and blitz until juiced. The crunchy texture (that I have trouble adjusting to) is neutralized in juice form, and feels no different than the musk melon I grew up eating.

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

Last summer, I juiced a whole cantaloupe as usual, but couldn’t finish it off before having to leave town. So I froze it in ice-cube trays to get to once I returned.

After coming back home, the following morning, I blended the cantaloupe juice-cubes in the hopes of getting them to a slushie consistency, but the idea of a Melon Sorbet felt much, much better instead. So I put the ‘slushie’ back in the freezer, blended it a few more times when it froze, and that’s how I fell in love with the Cantaloupe sorbet!

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

The sugar is completely optional, of course, but technically, whenever you freeze anything, it looses its sweetness, which is why for ice-creams or popsicles or anything else you serve cold or frozen, you need to make it sweeter than you want your end product to be. The same applies here, and hence the added sugar.

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

Unlike with my Mango Basil Sorbet (whose thick pulp made sure you didn’t have to process/blend it during the freezing process), the melon sorbet, due to it’s high water content, needs a little extra help. So break it up with a fork, mash it with a spoon, blitz in a blender or churn it in an ice-cream maker – do whatever you need to do to prevent crystallization.

You don’t want it to be crunchy like a granita, but more soft and ‘creamy’ in a way.

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

Enjoy your delicious Melon Sorbet – a no-dairy alternative to ice-cream, but just as refreshing nonetheless!

When you make these (which I really think you SHOULD!), be sure to SHARE YOUR PHOTOS with me through Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. I’d love to see what you cook from here!

Melon Sorbet

Created by Tina Dawson on May 21, 2017

This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

  • Prep Time:5m
  • Total Time:8h
  • Serves: 4

Ingredients

  • 4 c melon of choice (I used cantaloupe)
  • 4 tbsp. Sugar (or to taste)
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Blend all the ingredients till there are no lumps or pieces of fruit.
  2. Pour into a metal container (I used an 8" cake tin) and freeze overnight. Every couple of hours, stir it in with a fork (or pulse in a blender) to prevent crystallization.
  3. At the end, you should have a smooth, scoop-able consistency. Serve chilled.
  4. Can be frozen for a week.
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This 3 ingredient Melon Sorbet is perfect for this coming summer - simple, delicious and refreshing. Vegan. Gluten Free.

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Filed Under: 5 Ingredients or less, All Recipes, Cuisines, Desserts, French, Gluten-free, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: Cantaloupe, sorbet, summer

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Comments

  1. Souzan Karadsheh says

    May 22, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    What a fun idea! Perfect for this warm weather.

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 1:37 pm

      Thanks Souzan!

      Reply
  2. michele says

    May 22, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Ive never thought of freezing cantaloupe…. that tip alone just made my whole day! The fact the recipe sounds so tasty too…. just a bonus!

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 1:37 pm

      I always freeze melon – super fast slushies!

      Reply
  3. Elaine @ Dishes Delish says

    May 22, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    The musk melon sounds intriguing and yummy, but this melon sorbet sounds extra delicious! Don’t you love stumbling on a recipe while making something else? I will be trying this soon.

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 1:37 pm

      So fun, isn’t it! Hope you like it, Elaine!

      Reply
  4. Julie says

    May 22, 2017 at 11:50 am

    Oooh, this looks so good. Thanks for the tip on stirring every few hours – I’ve always wound up with very crunchy, granulated sorbet. Clearly I don’t stir mine enough after it goes into the freezer! Can’t wait to try this when the hot summer weather shows up.

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 1:36 pm

      The constant stirring breaks up any and all crystals Julie! Good luck!

      Reply
  5. Luci's Morsels says

    May 22, 2017 at 11:22 am

    This look delicious and so refreshing! I must try this ASAP. Thank you for sharing this! I cannot wait to try this. Luci’s Morsels | fashion. food. frivolity.

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 11:26 am

      Thanks Luci! These won’t disappoint!

      Reply
  6. Molly Kumar says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:49 am

    The sorbet looks so pretty and easy to make. There is nothing like chilled sorbet in summer days and with just 3 ingredients, I’m sure this will be a crowd pleaser 🙂

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 10:54 am

      Thanks Molly! I don’t know about the crowd, but I was pretty pleased!!

      Reply
  7. Sara | Belly Rumbles says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:33 am

    We call it rockmelon in Australia. Don’t you love how we all have different names for things! I can imagine you must miss the musk melon, it sounds so different to anything else I have had tried. Your sorbet sounds perfect.

    Reply
    • Tina Dawson says

      May 22, 2017 at 10:53 am

      Rock Melon! Whaddya know! How fascinating, isn’t it?? Thanks Sara!

      Reply

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