Tangerine Sorbet

Tangerine sorbet is really easy to make if you have an ice cream maker like mine. All it takes in terms of ingredients is: 

• a bag of tangerines
  
• a lime
  
• a quarter to a half cup of sugar
• zest from a few tangerines and the lime

I believe the lime juice sharpens the flavor nicely. The sugar is used more as a spice to bring out flavor, rather than as a sweetener. If your tangerines, or satsumas or mandarins are at their peak of flavor you could probably omit the sugar altogether.  Tangerines tend to be very easy to juice. Just slice them crosswise, and squeeze them by hand. About a quart of juice expands to a quart and a half of sorbet.  

Once you have the sorbet, it goes nicely with a dessert wine. Or you can make a very nice tangerine mojito by combining a scoop of sorbet in a glass of ice with a shot (or two) of rum and slice of fresh ginger and a splash of soda water.  Mint works instead of ginger too.

For regular mojitos I make a lime sorbet with just lime juice and lots of sugar (no water).