Orange Sherbet

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I made this today for my friend who is going through chemo treatments for breast cancer. She looks forward to my home-made frozen sorbets and such to get her through the first few days after treatment. This recipe tastes like an orange "creamsicle" that we enjoyed in our childhood. She was ecstatic when she tasted it. I used a premium vanilla extract and wow, this turned out delicious. I followed the recipe to the letter and will be making this again very soon. By the way, I used my KitchenAid standard mixer ice cream attachment to make this. This recipe reached soft serve stage in 15 minutes of processing. I put the milk and the orange mixture in the freezer for 15 minutes prior to pouring it into the ice cream bowl attachment. Delish!

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Made with 1 TB zeste and lime juice. Nice flavor if you like orange creamsicles, but as an orange sherbet, it was way to sweet for me. Will have to keep experimenting. Surely the boys will like it, so it won't get tossed.

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I love this and so does my boyfriend and his parents. I used my Kitchenaid ice cream maker and lime instead of lemon. I did not use the zest as I just forgot to! And although I squeezed the oranges which was a heavy duty job, I did it while watching my favorite TV show so it was not so bad. Great flavor and texture.

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Too sweet for us :o( Although, I still gave 4 stars simply because my oranges were really sweet so the extra cup of sugar just didn't work for us . Also, the orange zest didn't incorporate like it should have. The orange flavor was really good (less the zest which was yukky. I think I will try it again with less sugar, no orange zest and 1/2 and 1/2 or cream instead of milk.

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I love AB's recipes - most have made me a "star" - this one leaves a bit to be desired though.

The lady that complained about too much salt - it was likely too much lemon. Personally, I think the orange zest is a bit too much as well.

Don't get me wrong - no real complaints here - it was 106 on our back porch today (in the shade and the same is forecast for the next several days. I suspect this batch will last less than 24 hours.

And we'll make this again - next time the lemon juice gets cut in half, and I'll use half and half instead of whole milk - and perhaps a little less orange zest.

I multiplied this recipe by 3 - I have a 4 qt freezer - it took about 3 hours to freeze this - no biggy, we were sitting on the back porch drinking beer and sweating our b*tts off, but in the end this was real refreshing (despite the lemon and we all ended up thinking it was good (at least good enough - we all had brain freeze - on days like today - as Martha would say - "that's a good thing"

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Delicious. As others have said, it tastes like an orange creamsicle. To simplify the preparation, I used my jumbo, 6-cup measuring cup and my immersion/stick blender. I poured all the ingredients except the milk in the measuring cup and blended it. Then, I added the milk and blended it again. The whole measuring cup went in my fridge to chill before pouring it in the ice cream maker. Easy, little cleanup, and great results. I will be making this again.

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I don't usually rate or review recipes even if I like them, but this is worthy! I have been making ice creams all summer and this is hands down the best flavor I have made. I made a few slight variations (Simply Orange Extra Pulp OJ and heavy cream instead of milk, but other wise followed the recipe. Thank you Alton!

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I "veganized" this recipe using organic sugar, and using 1 cup vanilla soy milk and 1/2 cup soy plain creamer. It came out great! It tasted just like an orange dreamsicle and was very refreshing after working in the garden. My family loved it too, I'll be making this one again.

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For those studying food history, here is one little quirk of Sherbet Alton Brown didn't know (how that happened?.
Balkans is another place where Sh in Sherbet name haven't changed. However, this name describes almost completely opposite type of food vs. in the rest of the World. It is a hot drink, typically on par with hot cocoa or cafe-late.
Basic recipe: Mix same amounts of sugar and milk, boil until semi-caramelized (thick liquid, but still drinkable liquid.
"Enhanced" recipe: As this drink is considered a good cold remedy it is sometimes additionally flavored with some herbal teas, most typically camomile.

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We squeezed oranges and lemons, and grated peels. Fairly labor intensive in my opinion, but worth it for the right results, which in this case I did not get. It tasted like orange juice, with a clumpy, slushy result. Sherbet to me has a more intense flavor than that, and a nicer texture. I'll be looking for a different recipe, maybe one that calls for juice concentrate. I'm surprised; I usually love AB's recipes.