Ruby Red Grapefruit Desserts are Refreshing and Delicious

Not everyone likes heavy, rich desserts, especially when the weather is warm. If you're looking for a delicious and refreshingly light dessert for a wedding, shower, graduation, anniversary, or other occasion try making a Ruby Red grapefruit dessert. The pleasing pink color of Ruby Red grapefruit adds a lot of color to dessert and the simple, tangy flavor of the grapefruit really shows off the taste of other ingredients and shows how good simple food can taste. Whether you're a gourmet cook or have never even cooked a full meal you can create beautiful Ruby Red grapefruit desserts like this for your next event that your guests will love:

Ruby Red grapefruit sorbet – This simple but elegant dessert can be served in many ways. Serve it in punches or cocktails to keep them cold and add a dessert element to the drinks. Serve it with some fresh fruit for a beautiful low calorie and low fat dessert option at a birthday party or picnic. Or, serve it plain as a palette cleanser at a sit down wedding dinner. No matter how you serve it everyone will love it. To make this sorbet peel a couple of Ruby Red grapefruit and segment them. Put the segments in the blender and whip until smooth. In the meantime mix a simple syrup of sugar and grapefruit juice, or orange juice combined with grapefruit juice, in a pan. When the simple syrup starts to boil and thicken add the grapefruit mixture and stir everything together until it has a smooth, silky consistency. You can freeze the sorbet in an ice cream maker or place it in a chilled metal bowl and keep it in a very cold refrigerator until it firms up. You can also add alcohol, such as vodka, to the sorbet and freeze it in the freezer. The alcohol won't freezer, which will keep the sorbet from freezing into a solid chunk of ice.

Ruby Red grapefruit popsicles – The humble popsicle is often overlooked as a dessert, but this gourmet version is something that even the adults at your event will love. Best of all they are simple to make and keep well for up to two weeks, so you can keep all the leftovers for your own family. Simple mix fresh Ruby Red grapefruit juice, fresh squeezed orange sugar and a touch of sugar. Pour into chilled popsicle molds. Add in some frozen raspberries to give the popsicles a little pizzazz. Freeze and serve.

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