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Omauni Sorbet (Monkey Orange Sorbet)

A delicious, refreshing and not too sweet monkey orange sorbet. Made without an ice cream maker, all you need are monkey oranges, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and water to make this exotic monkey orange sorbet recipe.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: African, Namibian, Southern African
Keyword: African cuisine, exotic desserts, healthy sorbet recipe, how to, Mahuluhulu, mango orange sorbet, monkey orange desserts, Morapa, Muramba, Omaguni, Omauni, vegan sorbet
Author: Ester | esterkocht.com

Ingredients

  • 75 g (¼ cup + 2 tablespoon) sugar
  • 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) water
  • 1 large monkey orange (450 g/1 lbs)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

  • Gently hit monkey orange in the sand or on the counter repeatedly (in this way the monkey orange will become juicier) and crack open. Next combine the monkey orange seeds (and juices) and about 250 ml (1 cup) water in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and let cook for about 10 minutes. While stirring constantly and gently pressing the seeds with a potato masher or something similar.
  • Strain the monkey orange sauce to remove the seeds. Simply take the sauce that you just made and sieve it using a fine mesh sieve over a bowl. Press all the sauce through with the help of a spoon. You want to get rid of the seeds. Pour the remaining water through the sieve. You just want to remove as much monkey orange flavor as possible. Put the sauce back into the pot, add sugar, cinnamon and freshly squeezed lemon juice and warm over medium heat, keep stirring until the sugar has melted.
  • Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Then chill for at least 2 hours or preferably overnight. Next transfer monkey orange sorbet mixture to a freezer-safe container and freeze at least 5 hours, keep stirring every hour. Remove from the freezer and let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!