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Homemade Lemon Mint Sorbet
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Homemade Lemon Mint Sorbet

Homemade lemon mint sorbet — a refreshing, tangy dessert, easy to make and perfect for summer

⏱ 45 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Cook the water and sugar in a pot 3–4 minutes until the sugar melted.
    StoveSmall saucepan
  2. 2
    Add the mint and lemon zest to the boiling syrup, cover and let cool completely.
  3. 3
    Strain the syrup.
    Fine sieve
  4. 4
    Add the lemon juice to the syrup and stir.
  5. 5
    Pour into a freezer-safe container and put in the freezer for 2 hours.
    Freezer
  6. 6
    Scrape with a fork every hour to break up the ice crystals, and repeat 2–3 times.
    Fork
  7. 7
    Serve in cold glasses with a mint leaf.
104calories
0 gprotein
27 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 1%● carbs 98%● fat 1%

Per serving (84 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Freezer · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Refrigerator (Takes much longer) · Ice bath (For quick chilling)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)

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Granita

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