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Campari Orange Sorbet

Laura of Eat Drink Live is hosting this month’s HHDD and she picked the best summer theme possible: Sorbet!

I rarely drink alcohol. And when I do, I drink Campari and Campari only. If I feel thirsty, I drink it mixed with mineral water (which also help release the flavors). If I feel festive, I prefer it with orange juice. And if it is a rather chilly day, nothing warms me up more than a Campari straight up.

For quite a long time, I have been thinking about how it would taste in a sorbet. I am glad I tried. Campari Orange Sorbet is as good as the drink itself – if not better. I topped it with candied orange peel and served on a hot summer night.

All About Campari

Campari originated in Navaro, Italy in 1860. The secret recipe belongs to Gaspare Campari and incorporates over 60 ingredients. While the recipe is confidential, a few of them are known to be orange peel, quinine, rhubarb, ginseng and bark from Cascarilla trees that grow in the Bahamas.

The charming red color (C:27, M:100, Y:100, K:29) of this bitter comes from cochineal dye. The dye is derived from a female cochineal insect, which lives on cacti, feeding on its moisture and nutrients. The insect produces carminic acid, which is extracted from the body and eggs to make the dye. The insects are killed by immersion in hot water or by exposure to sunlight, steam, or the heat of an oven. Each method produces a different color, which results in the varied appearance of commercial cochineal. It takes about 155,000 insects to make one kilogram of cochineal.

Note: Campari ceased using cochineal derived colorant in the vast majority of its worldwide production (including the US) in 2006.

CAMPARI ORANGE SORBET

Ingredients

Sorbet

  • 2+1/2 cups fresh orange juice (from 10-12 oranges)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup Campari
  • Zest of one orange
  • Juice of half a lemon

Candied orange peel

  • 1 orange
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water

Method

  1. Place orange juice, juice of half a lemon and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat, pass through a fine-meshed sieve, add the orange zest and chill the mixture in the freezer for 3-4 hours.
  3. Mix in the alcohol and freeze in your ice-cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
  4. For the candied orange peel, peel an orange and cut lengthwise half an inch wide and 3 inches in length. Remove the bitter white pith as much as possible. Put the strips in a saucepan together with sugar and water. Bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes. Remove the strips from the sugar mixture and place on a parchment paper to cool.

July 4, 2007 · 20 Comments Categories: Ice Cream & Sorbet Tags: campari, campari orange sorbet, orange, orange sorbet recipe, sorbet recipe

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  1. Pille

    July 4, 2007 at 11:15 am

    Aaargh, that sounds delicious! I made a sorbet for HHDD as well, but won’t be posting it until the weekend. I was really hoping to win that David Lebovitz’s book, but now I’m note sure how good my chances are after all:)

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  2. Cenk

    July 4, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Hi Pille – Everything you bake looks delicious and I am sure your’s will look perfect. Can’t wait to read your post. Let the best sorbet win!

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  3. Rosa

    July 4, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    That sorbet looks wonderful! I love it’s color and delicate texture…

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  4. Hilda

    July 4, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    What a wonderful idea and one I’ve not seen yet! I love Campari too, and I bet orange sorbet is much better for having it in there.

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  5. Zeynep Seda

    July 4, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Wooaahh, colors are amazing! So vibrant, brilliant as always!

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  6. Cenk

    July 4, 2007 at 8:18 pm

    Rosa, Hilda, Zeynep Seda – Thank you!

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  7. Sean

    July 5, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    Mmmm … what a lovely idea for sorbet. I famously have a dislike for orange, but I’m sure the Campari would win me over.

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  8. Cenk

    July 5, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    Hey Sean – Glad you liked it!

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  9. Anali

    July 6, 2007 at 4:16 am

    You have such a wonderful blog! And this sorbet looks heavenly!

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  10. Shaun

    July 6, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Hi Cenk – I honestly had no idea so many ingredients went into making Campari. I just thought it was so some special bitter orange, and that’s it. I am even more surprised about the nature of the colour…Is that the same insect Aztecs used for their glorious reds? This is an interesting ingredient for a sorbet…Are there any Turkish liqueurs that I should know about? 😉

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  11. Cenk

    July 6, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    Shaun – Yes, it is the same insect Aztecs used. I am quite surprised to learn all of these as well. As far as Turkish liquors, the most famous of all is Rakı. You can read about it here.

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  12. Kristen

    July 8, 2007 at 12:55 am

    This looks so delicious and refreshing. I love your photos!

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  13. Cenk

    July 8, 2007 at 8:21 am

    Thank you Kristen!

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  14. Sylvia

    July 9, 2007 at 12:09 am

    This campari orange sorbet looks amazing. I like Campari too but I never had your wonderful idea to make sorbet,I love.
    By the way your photos are magnific

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  15. Cenk

    July 14, 2007 at 12:38 pm

    Thank you Sylvia. You really should try this. I’d love to hear your comments.

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  16. rachel

    July 16, 2007 at 3:33 am

    I’ve made something similar with blood oranges and campari. I love campari!!

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  17. barbara

    July 17, 2007 at 3:07 am

    I wish I liked Campari. It seems to be such a sophisticated drink, but I find it too bitter. I love how you have used it in a sorbet. Thanks for joining HHDD.

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  18. joey

    July 20, 2007 at 4:56 am

    This is my first time to visit and boy what a great entry! This sorbet sound luscious and glamorous! I love it already 🙂

    Btw, you have totally won me over on Campari…that is what I’m having my next night out! 🙂

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  19. Marona

    July 20, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    I love Campari orange drink! I’ll try to make this sorbet, I think I will like it too.
    Thanks for the recipe. Great blog!

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  20. segun

    September 11, 2008 at 9:50 am

    This campari orange sorbet looks nice. I like Campari but I never had your wonderful idea to make sorbet,only what is baffle me is campari orange from italy or france i really want to no.thanks

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