Chocolate mint sorbet with mint cookies - bon appetit

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Water
¾ cup Plus 2 T sugar
1 ounce Bitter-sweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
½ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons Light corn synip
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon Peppermint extract
Vegetable oil spray
2 larges Egg whites
¼ cup All purpose flour
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Minced fresh mint
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon Peppermint extract
1½ tablespoon Butter, melted
1 1/2-pint basket fresh raspberries

Directions

SORBET

COOKIES

FOR SORBET: Combine water and sugar in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring mixture to boil. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and stir until melted. Add cocoa, corn syrup and extracts and whisk until smooth. Chill 1 hour.

Transfer chocolate mixture to ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's instructions. Freeze sorbet in covered container.

FOR COOKIES: Preheat oven to 325'F. Spray heavy nonstick baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. Whisk egg whites in medium bowl until begin- ning to foam. Add flour, sugar, minced mint and extracts to batter. Whisk until smooth; whisk in butter.

Drop 1 level T batter near each end of prepared baking sheet. Using back of small spoon, spread each T of batter to 4½ to 5-inch round. Bake cookies until light brown but still soft, about 7 minutes. Loosen cookies gently with edge of spatula and turn over.

Bake cookies until brown, about 4 minutes longer. Using wooden spoon handle and pot holder as aids, tightly roll 1 cookie at a time around handle, forming narrow tube. Slide cookie off handle; cool. Let baking sheet cool. Repeat baking and rolling with remaining batter, forming 2 cookies per batch (10 cookies total) and cooling baking sheet between batches. (Sorbet and cookies can be made 1 day ahead.

Keep sorbet frozen. Store cookies airtight.) Scoop sorbet into dessert dishes. Serve each with berries and 1 cookie.

Bon Appetit/July/94 Scanned & edited by Di Pahl & <gg>

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