Grapefruit & Prosecco Sorbet

Happy New Year! Hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday! With the new year opening with new resolutions and 60 degree weather (at least in D.C., thank goodness), many of us are looking to eat healthy, exercise, take the dog out for more walks (sorry Charlie), be outside when we can, etc.

Mine? Portion control. While yes, that may be cliche, I've got to fit into a wedding dress eventually and get myself college-skinny (*eye roll) again. We shall see...

To blow everything out of the water, how about a new sorbet to start off our year with all the citrus you can get. When I was a kid my great aunt would send us boxes of grapefruits in the winter months. My mother and I LOVED them, until we burned holes through our mouths...it didn't stop us, there's no self control in this family. And please, would it be me if I didn't add a little something extra to "enhance" the flavor? This is for anyone who has an extra bottle of bubbly around and still wants to celebrate! Cheers!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of Prosecco
1 1/2 cups fresh grapefruit juice
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan on medium low heat, add your water and sugar. Mix until the sugar has dissolved
2. Add Prosecco and grapefruit juice to the simple syrup. Stir for 3 minutes
3. Take mixture off the stove and put in the refrigerator until it has completely cooled (1-2 hours)
4. Once mixture has cooled pour into ice cream maker and freeze following manufacturer's instructions