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Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
4 large Granny Smith apples (about 1 lb flesh)
1 small ripe pineapple (about 1 lb flesh)
2 to 3 oz raw organic agave nectar
1 Tbsp pectin powder
2 lime juices
1 cup basil leaves, chopped
Reserve 4 pretty basil leaves
1 pinch sea salt
Procedure
Note: Make sure to freeze sorbet machine
sleeves at least one day ahead of time.
1. Apples: Slice top off green apple, reserve basil
leaf for deco. Insert round cutter a little smaller
than the apple into apple body. With Parisian scooper, scoop out apple flesh, save flesh in lemony
water, and place cored apples in freezer.
2. Pineapple: Cut top and bottom of pineapple,
slice off side skin w serrated knife make sure to cut
out the “eyes’. Cut in quarters, then cut core out,
and cut flesh into pieces.
3. Place equal amounts of pineapple and apple
flesh in high speed blender bowl. Add agave nec-
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tar, pectin, lime juice, chopped basil and pinch of
salt. Blend and store in the freezer until ready to
finish sorbet.
4. Pour into ice cream/sorbet machine and freeze
according to instructions. Using an ice cream
scoop, fill hollowed out frozen apples, add cover,
straw over, and add basil leaf. Serve while cold.
Chef’s tip:
If you do not have access to an ice cream/sorbet
machine, you can place the processed fruit puree
in a flat container. Freeze overnight and scrape
with a fork to make a granita.
Chef Alain Braux
French Chef by training and a Culinary Nutritionist by passion, Alain, is
an award-winning, Amazon best-seller food and health author. I am also
a speaker on GMO (genetically modified organisms) issues.
AlainBraux.com
How to Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food:
A Practical Guide
Chef Alain Braux will not only guide you how to achieve a healthy
mind and body but his delicious and nutritious recipes can also help
heal the body with joyous food. His book will lead to lower cholesterol, renewed energy and vitality that you thought you lost!
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Walking barefoot gives you
more antioxidants than any
superfood
Heather Tubbs
2015
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