Ninja Creami strawberry sorbet is the perfect summer treat! This sweet and creamy frozen dessert is a healthy treat made with 3 ingredients – strawberries, lemon juice, and cane sugar, inside your ninja creami ice cream machine.
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This sweet and tangy strawberry sorbet is a smooth and refreshing treat that your kids will love. It’s delightful during the hot summer months and it really only takes 5 minutes to prep, the Ninja creami ice cream maker does the rest!
What is a sorbet
Sorbet is a fruity frozen dessert made with fruit and sugar. The ingredients are blended and then churned in an ice cream machine until it’s kinda like a fruity snow cone.
This treat is traditionally dairy free, but a lot of Ninja Creami sorbet recipes contain a bit of dairy, but you really don’t need it. This recipe is completely dairy free and it tastes absolutely wonderful!
If you want to add a little bit of milk or cream, I’ve included the measurements in the recipe card!
Recipe Ingredients
- Strawberries – fresh or frozen strawberries. I use frozen for this recipe, so make sure they are thawed for at least 30 minutes before using.
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice – adds a lovely zing to this strawberry sorbet.
- Cane sugar – for sweetness and to give a soft consistency.
How to Make Strawberry Sorbet in the Ninja Creami
All ingredients, measurements, and instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Blend. Add strawberries, lemon juice, and cane sugar to the blender. Puree until smooth then pour the mixture into a Ninja Creami pint container then top with a lid.
- Freeze. Place in the freezer on a level surface to freeze for at least 24 hours.
- Creami-fy. Remove the pint container from the freezer, remove the lid then place it into the Ninja Creami outer bowl. Secure it with the lid then insert it into the machine. Press the SORBET button and let it run through the cycle. It takes 1 minute and 39 seconds to complete.
- Taste. Remove the outer bowl from the Ninja Creami machine and remove the lid. It should be nice and creamy. If it’s not, then run it through the re-spin cycle with a splash of juice until it reaches your desired consistency.
- Scoop, serve, and enjoy!
Variations
- Heavy cream or the milk of your choice. I sometimes like to add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk to the blender with the rest of the ingredients. It’s technically not a sorbet with the addition of dairy but it adds even more creaminess and nice flavor. It’s completely optional though!
- Mix in other fruit, like fresh or frozen mangos, peaches, pineapple or blueberries!
Frequently Asked Questions —
You can as long as they are blended up first. The Ninja creami doesn’t work as a blender so the hard pieces of frozen fruit might damage the blades of the machine.
Your freezer could be set to a very cold temperature causing your sorbet to be crumbly once blended. You can fix this by adding a splash of juice to your sorbet then running it through the re-spin cycle until it reaches your desired consistency.
They are both fruit desserts but sorbets do not contain any kind of dairy and sherbets do!
Looking For More Recipes?
- Ninja Creami Raspberry Sorbet
- Fresh Peach Ninja Creami Sorbet
- Ninja Creami Mango Sorbet
- Ninja Creami Peach Frozen Yogurt (Fresh or Frozen Peaches)
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Ninja Creami Strawberry Sorbet (Dairy-free)
Equipment
- Ninja Creami Pint Containers the machine comes with one pint container. I HIGHLY suggest getting a few more, because 24 hours is a LONG time to wait to make another batch!
- Freezer-safe reusable containers used to store any leftovers
Ingredients
- 2 – 3 cups fresh or frozen strawberries thawed
- 4 tablespoons cane sugar or white granulated sugar
- 2 – 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk optional
Instructions
- Add the strawberries, cane sugar, and lemon juice to a blender and then puree until smooth. Pour the mixture into the Ninja Creami pint container making sure it doesn’t go over the max fill line then cover with the lid.
- Freeze on a level surface for at least 24 hours.
- Remove the lid then insert the pint container into the Ninja Creami outer bowl then sear with the lid then insert it into the machine. Press the SORBET button and let it run through the cycle, this usually takes 1 minute 39 seconds.
- Remove the outer bowl from the machine and remove the lid.
- Scoop, serve, and enjoy!
Notes
How To Store/ Make Ahead
- Storing. If you have any leftovers I like to transfer them to these ice cream storage containers so I use my Ninja Creami pint container to make another batch of sorbet!
- Freezer. Your sorbet can last for several weeks in the freezer if stored in an air-tight/freezer-safe container. When you are ready to enjoy your leftovers, allow them to sit on the counter for 5 – 10 minutes before eating, so it won’t be as hard and have a creamy texture again.
- Make ahead. You can blend the ingredients together and then keep the sorbet base in the freezer until you are ready to blend it in your machine.
Tips and Tricks
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- Mix in other fruit, like fresh or frozen mangos, peaches, pineapple or blueberries!
- If the sorbet appears crumbly add a splash of juice then run it through the RE-SPIN cycle until it reaches your desired texture.
- Make sure the strawberry puree doesn’t go over the max fill line.
- Once frozen the mixture might sometimes have a dome top, especially if I filled it right to the max fill line. I like to scrap that off and make sure it leveled before blending inside the Ninja Creami machine.
Nutrition
All nutrition information is automatically generated and should be only used as a rough estimate. This recipe card may contain affiliate links.
What type of juice do you use for re-spin?
Hi Kelly, freshly squeezed or store-bought orange juice, apple juice, fruit punch or whatever you like. 🙂
How many carbs does this have? I’m looking forward to trying this, but I’m on low carb/keto diet.
Hi Tanya! Awesome, I just updated the recipe card with the nutrition info – here is the carbs for a 1/2 cup serving – Carbohydrates: 36 g, it’s just an estimate though!