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Sweet and tangy, citrussy and minty, my refreshing, easy no-churn vegan mojito sorbet is made with just five simple ingredients, and requires no special equipment. Of course, if you do have an ice cream maker, it will cut down on the freezing time. Either way, this sorbet is the perfect way to cope with a hot and humid summer.
About three minutes’ walk from our old apartment in Belgrade, there’s a gelateria on Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra (King Alexander Boulevard), where they make and sell the most mouth-watering gelati I’ve had outside Italy.
One such gelato was a mojito-flavoured one, and honestly, were it vegan, I’d have been all over it like a cheap suit. Fortunately for my waistline, it was very firmly out of bounds. However, as the temperature continued to rise, my thoughts turned toward making something me-friendly that isn’t banana ice cream.
My mojito sorbet was born!
My First Mojito
The first time I had a mojito wasn’t in Cuba – it wasn’t even in the Americas… it was in India!
It was actually a nojito, on account of there not being any rum in it (as I’ve spoken about before, alcohol is strictly controlled in Kerala). It was gorgeous; juices from sugarcane and limes, loads of mint (which would usually be strained out before the nojito arrived at the table, lest it clog up the straw), and topped up with club soda. And tons of ice, of course.
Our go-to sugarcane juice guy near the beach in Fort Kochi
I probably drank more than my bodyweight in nojitos while we lived in Fort Kochi. Those aren’t slices of lemon, by the way, they’re lime. Limes turn yellow when they’re fully ripe.
Although alcohol is freely available in Serbia, I wanted to make a non-alcoholic dessert – not least because amato mio is a lifelong teetotal. However, if you want to, there’s nothing to stop you serving mojito sorbet with a slug of white rum drizzled over it.
¡Ay, caramba!
(Yeah, I know it’s more Bart Simpson than Cuban but my Cuban only extends as far as knowing to ask your greengrocer for a frutabomba, and not a papaya!)
easy no-churn vegan mojito sorbet
I’ve made enough sorbet, of all colours and flavours, to create the sorbet mountain of Europe, but I’d never dabbled in cocktail sorbets.
Until now.
Peeps, I have to tell you that this is what summer was invented for.
My vegan mojito sorbet
Is…
- creamy
- sweet
- tangy
- refreshing
- dairy-free
- soy-free
- nut-free
- gluten-free (duh!)(bandwagon, much?)(Eheheh.)
- fat-free
Trust me, this needs to be a part of your summer repertoire.
And you know what other great Cuban export you need in the summer? Pérez Prado.
Dig those crayzeee sleeves, man!
Enjoy your mojito sorbet!
