Brandy Pear Sorbet

Ingredients

 * ¾ cup apple juice
 * ½ cup sugar
 * 5 fresh California bartlett pears
 * ½ cup apple juice
 * 3 tbsp brandy

Directions

 * 1) In large saucepan, heat juice and sugar until sugar dissolves.
 * 2) Cool.
 * 3) In large bowl, combine pear puree, apple juice or white grape juice and the brandy.
 * 4) Stir fruit mixture into sugar mixture.
 * 5) Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions (or freeze in loaf pan).
 * 6) Thirty minutes before serving, process in blender or food processor and refreeze until serving.