World Flavors Cookbook

Helados de Paila

Name: Helados de Paila
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Ecuador
Ingredients: Fresh fruit juice (blackberry, taxo, or coconut) Sugar Ice and straw for the cooling bed

Artisan fruit sorbet made in a large copper basin (paila) over straw and ice.

Cuisine: Ecuador

Ingredients

Fresh fruit juice (blackberry, taxo, or coconut) Sugar Ice and straw for the cooling bed

Instructions

Place a large copper basin on a bed of ice and salt. Pour in the sweetened fruit juice. Continuously spin the basin while scraping the edges with a wooden spoon as the juice freezes against the cold copper. Within 20-30 minutes, you have a perfectly smooth, natural sorbet.