Black Pepper Free Vegan Strawberry Sorbet
Bright, jewel-toned, and bursting with real fruit flavor, this strawberry sorbet is the kind of frozen dessert that tastes like summer in a bowl. It's made with just a handful of clean, simple ingredients — fresh strawberries, lemon juice, sugar, water, and a pinch of salt — so there's nothing hidden to worry about. For anyone avoiding black pepper, store-bought sorbets and frozen desserts can be a surprisingly tricky category, since spice blends and "natural flavors" sometimes sneak their way into the ingredient list. Making it from scratch here means you know exactly what's going in. Straining the blended strawberries through a fine-mesh sieve gives the base a silky, smooth texture before it ever hits the ice cream maker, and the lemon juice brightens the whole thing beautifully. The result is a pale pink, scoopable sorbet that's refreshing, elegant, and completely plant-based. It's the kind of recipe you'll want to keep in your freezer all season long.
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6 servings
For the simple syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
For the sorbet
- 2 lb fresh strawberries, hulled
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ¼ tsp fine salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the sugar and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 3–4 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the syrup cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
- 2
Add the hulled strawberries to a blender or food processor and blend until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
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