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Green Apple Sorbet

Here is another example of presenting one flavor two ways, each reinforcing the other. The icy, refreshing sorbet captures all the bright freshness of Granny Smith apples; the chips present that fresh flavor in a completely different, shatteringly crisp form.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 10

Ingredients

For the Apple Chips

1 1/2 cups (420g) Simple Syrup (page 184)
1 tablespoon (14g) fresh lemon juice
1 Granny Smith apple
(makes about 40 chips)

To Serve

Green Apple Sorbet (page 232)

Preparation

  1. For the Apple Chips

    Step 1

    Heat the oven to 200°F. Line baking sheets with Silpats.

    Step 2

    Bring the simple syrup to a boil. Add the lemon juice and turn off the heat.

    Step 3

    Cut the apple in quarters vertically, then make another cut in each quarter to remove the core. Slice the apple as thin as possible on a vegetable slicer or mandoline. Immediately drop the slices into the hot syrup. Leave for 10 minutes, then remove, letting the syrup drip off. Lay out on the Silpats.

    Step 4

    Slide the baking sheets into the oven and dry for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, rotating the pans halfway through drying. To test, put one slice on the counter and let it cool for a few minutes. It should shatter when you break it. Let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

  2. To Serve

    Step 5

    Scoop the sorbet into dessert bowls and garnish with the apple chips.

Reprinted with permission from Dessert Fourplay: Sweet Quartets from a Four-Star Pastry Chef by Johnny Iuzzini and Roy Finamore. Copyright © 2008 by Johnny Iuzzini and Roy Finamore. Published by Crown Publishing. All Rights Reserved. Johnny Iuzzini,, executive pastry chef of the world-renowned Jean Georges restaurant in New York City, won the award for Outstanding Pastry Chef from the James Beard Foundation in 2006. This is his first book. Roy Finamore, a publishing veteran of more than thirty years, has worked with many bestselling cookbook authors. He is the author of three books: One Potato, Two Potato; Tasty, which won a James Beard Foundation award; and Fish Without a Doubt.__
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