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Strawberry Sherbet

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Canada

Known as a Canadian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. one cup of orange juice
  2. one pound of sugar
  3. one quart of mashed strawberries
  4. one-half cup of lemon juice
  5. one cup of water
  6. a quart of fruit

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. Make a syrup of one pound of sugar and one cup of water.
  2. Cool, add one cup of orange juice, one-half cup of lemon juice and one quart of mashed strawberries;
  3. mix and strain.
  4. Fruit syrups can be made of any fruit.
  5. Cook a quart of fruit with a pint of water until the fruit is well softened;
  6. then strain and press out the juice through heavy cloth;
  7. when cold sweeten and dilute the juice and serve in glasses of cracked ice.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

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