Spiced Peach Basil Sorbet
So the same weekend that I had my Canning Party, I also made this sorbet. As I mentioned, a friend had given me a half bushel of Georgia peaches and they were all ripe at once and heading south very quickly.
After making these peach pie bars, the peach jam at the party, then the spicy peach jam (post coming soon), I still had about 15 peaches staring me in the face. Obviously, my mind went straight to ice cream.
Since I’ve been trying to make sorbets, and the last peach sorbet that I made was such a hit, it was a no brainer.
I decided to pair it with basil this time around and spiked it with some Jack Daniels. The alcohol helps the sorbet to not get too icy and the Jack Daniels give a nice spiciness to the sorbet. You can leave it out if you want, but I was glad it was there.
One Year Ago: Peach Cobbler
Two Years Ago: World Peace Cookies
Three Years Ago: Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies
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Spiced Peach Basil Sorbet
Ingredients:
Directions:
In a food processor, puree the peaches and basil.
Stir in the remaining ingredients. Taste and adjust amount of simple syrup, lemon juice, and Jack Daniels to suit your preferences.
Process in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Recipe from Beantown Baker











I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 






i love lime! these sound great 🙂
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, so bottoms up with these tasty-sounding sweet treats!
The frosting recipe is missing something. ‘1/4 butter’ ??? Pound or cup? But it sounds great.
Those look amazing!
I’ll have to double check the recipe and fix my typo this weekend. Sorry about that. For anyone who asked why they look slushy. This was one of my first Vegan cupcakes and I was using low-fat soy milk. This causes the cupcakes to come out gummy/sticky and not rise very much. I filled them the same amount that I usually do, they just didn’t rise up much. I’d like to try this recipe again to make prettier margarita cupcakes.
I use non-vegan ingredients and they turn out great as well. Also, I seem to have to double the powdered sugar for the frosting to give it an substance, and then I have way too much frosting 🙂 I also add a bit more lime than the recipe calls for, but that’s just me.