Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ lb. or 5 cups raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, or marionberries fresh or frozen
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, fresh squeezed

Make it:

1. In a 2-quart saucepan, add the water and the sugar and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Turn the heat to low and simmer, without stirring, for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
2. Carefully pour the syrup into a medium bowl, stir in the vanilla extract, and put this into the freezer to chill for 15 minutes. 
3. Put the berries of your choice in a food processor and puree (blend) until smooth. Add the syrup and blend to mix them well. Scrape the puree through a sieve, to remove the seeds. 
4. Stir in the lemon juice and pour this all into a shallow (2-4 inch deep) metal pan. Put in the freezer and stir every 15-minutes for 1-2 hours. This will help it get a bit lighter once frozen. 
5. You can also continue stirring and freezing for as long as you wish (going from 15 to 30 minute increments). 
6. Continue to freeze until completely firm.