Recipes Desserts Frozen Desserts Ice Cream 15 Sensational Sorbet Recipes By Food & Wine Editors Food & Wine Editors This is collaborative content from Food & Wine's team of experts, including staff, recipe developers, chefs, and contributors. Many of our galleries curate recipes or guides from a variety of sources which we credit throughout the content and at each link. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 3, 2023 Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen Sorbet is an ideal treat for a hot day, and the perfect reason to break out that ice cream maker. From fruit-forward sorbets to a spiced chocolate flavor and a boozy lemonade, these are our best recipes for making your own sorbet as well as using it as a component in layered desserts. 01 of 15 Sour-Cherry Lambic Sorbet © Frances Janisch "Above all, sorbet should taste — and feel — almost like eating fresh fruit," says ice cream maven Jeni Britton. This recipe incorporates both pitted sour cherries and cherry lambic beer for deep fruit flavor. Get the Recipe 02 of 15 Strawberries and Cream Gelato Cake Victor Protasio As stunning as it is delicious, this creamy strawberry and sour cream gelato cake from Il Laboratorio del Gelato owner Jon Snyder is the perfect centerpiece for summer celebrations. Make your own strawberry sorbet for the vibrant red layers with the recipe here or use store-bought. Get the Recipe 03 of 15 Mexican Chocolate Sorbet Aubrie Pick Mexican cinnamon and vanilla complement the heat of guajillo and chipotle chiles for this sorbet version of Mexican hot chocolate. Get the Recipe 04 of 15 Boozy Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall Famed pastry chef Claudia Fleming's Boozy Frozen Strawberry Lemonade is sweet, zippy, and irresistibly delicious — exactly the kind of drink you want on a hot summer afternoon. The frozen cocktail is made with lemon vodka, Prosecco, basil, limoncello, strawberries, and lemon sorbet and can double as a dessert. Get the Recipe 05 of 15 Tropical Jackfruit–Ginger Ale Sorbet with Charred Pineapple Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen Chef Sam Fore of the pop up Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites in Lexington, Kentucky, created this summer fruit dessert recipe for an icy, quenching sorbet of jackfruit, pineapple, and ginger ale. Get the Recipe 06 of 15 Chocolate-Raspberry Icebox Cake Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver This Chocolate-Raspberry Icebox Cake is creamy, it's dreamy, and it's so simple to make. Crushed cookies, fresh raspberries, and layers of tart raspberry sorbet and velvety vanilla ice cream transform into a gorgeous marbled layer cake in about 15 minutes — no frosting required. Get the Recipe 07 of 15 Lemon and Fresh Sorrel Sherbet © Christina Holmes Pastry chef Belinda Leong started to incorporate wild greens and herbs into her desserts during a foraging-focused internship in Copenhagen. When sorrel's in season, she uses the tart, lemony green to flavor her tangy sherbet; mint, thyme, and basil are also terrific choices. Get the Recipe 08 of 15 Raspberry-Hibiscus Sorbet Photo by Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Victoria Granof / Prop Styling by Christine Keely This sorbet by chef and ice cream maker Fany Gerson has a creamy texture thanks to the addition of corn syrup or honey, which increases the sugar content and helps make the final product richer, less icy, and more scoopable. Bright and airy, with the perfect sweet-tart balance from the raspberries and just the right amount of a floral hit from the hibiscus, this is a super-refreshing summertime treat. Get the Recipe 09 of 15 Rio-Style Ginger Beer Floats © John Kernick Chef Eric Ripert's sweet, fizzy drink, made with orange juice, passion fruit, and mango sorbet, is his Brazilian take on a typical American root beer float. Get the Recipe 10 of 15 Lemon-Rosemary Sorbet © Reed Davis Making this bright and herbaceous sorbet is simple. First, you cook a simple syrup with rosemary sprigs. Then you add that to fresh lemon juice, chill it, and mix it in an ice cream maker. Voilà! Get the Recipe 11 of 15 Strawberry, Lemon, and Vanilla Ice Cream Parfait Danielle Tsi Fresh strawberry sauce and refreshing lemon sorbet make these giant sundaes a delightful early summer treat. Get the Recipe 12 of 15 Mango-Basil Vacherin © Kate Mathis Yigit Pura perfected this crisp-creamy French dessert while working at restaurant Daniel in New York City. His updated version combines little lime meringue kisses with basil ice cream and sweet mango sorbet. Get the Recipe 13 of 15 Melon Sorbet © Frances Janisch Jeni Britton's easy sugar syrup can be mixed with almost any fruit puree and churned in an ice cream maker to make sorbet. During the summer, she loves sorbets made with locally grown heirloom melons and ruby-red sour cherries. Get the Recipe 14 of 15 Pineapple Carpaccio with Lemon Sorbet and Candied Zest © Stephanie Shih Here's a refreshing dessert that looks and tastes spectacular. If you can find one, try a pineapple labeled gold; relatively new to the market, this hybrid is always lusciously sweet. Get the Recipe 15 of 15 Tomato Sorbet © Madeleine Hill Chef Andrew Zimmern makes this recipe all summer long with everything from orange sunburst cherry tomatoes to Valencias to German Striped. He says the bigger the acidity and sweetness of the tomatoes, the better. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit