Recipe - Cactus Honey Sherbet

3 md Peaches
1 Envelope unflavored gelatin
One fourth cup Cold water
1 cup Prickly pear juice
1 One half cup Prickly pear pieces
One half cup Honey
5 tablespoon Lemon juice
One half cup Whipping cream

Plunge the peaches into a large pot of boiling water for one minute; using
a slotted spoon, transfer them immediately to a large bowl of cold water.
The skins should slip off easily. Slice the peaches. There should be about
1 One half cups.

Sprinkle gelatin over the One fourth cup of cold water in a small bowl. Set aside.
Combine 1 cup prickly pear juice with peach slices and prickly pear pieces
in a medium saucepan. Simmer over low heat for five minutes.

Turn off the heat under the fruit and strain off 1 cup of juice. In a small
saucepan, combine the juice and honey and cook gently just at a simmer for
eight minutes. Add the softened gelatin and lemon juice to the honey
mixture and stir until gelatin is dissolved.

Puree the fruit and remaining juice in a blender. Combine with the gelatin
and honey mixture and freeze in a bread pan or similar container. When
nearly hard, remove from freezer, transfer to a bowl, and beat with an
electric mixer. Beat the whipping cream until stiff and fold into the
fruit mixture. Return to the bread pan. Refreeze until firm.

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