Fresh Fig And Lime Sorbet - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 lbs ripe figs, stems removed, peeled if desired and cut up (any variety fig will do)
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (or more to taste)

Preparation

Add 2 cups water and the sugar to a saucepan.
Cook, stirring constantly, until the syrup boils and the sugar has dissolved; refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
Place the figs in the bowl of a food processor; puree.
Add the puree to the chilled syrup; stir in the lime juice.
Taste, and add more juice if desired.
Freeze sorbet in an ice-cream maker following the manufacturer's directions until the mixture begins to freeze.
Then scoop mixture into a storage container, seal tightly, and freeze for several hours or overnight.
**Black Mission figs give the sorbet a ruby color, speckled with black if the figs are unpeeled; Green figs will result in pale pink color speckled with green if left unpeeled.