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Lemon Ginger Sorbetto

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Last summer I made Lemon Ginger Sorbetto probably for the same reason I am making it now.  I needed a lemon and had to buy an entire bag.  :D   Last year I worked so hard scraping the freezing concoction every 30 minutes while this year I cheated and used the ice cream maker.  Gotta love technology.  This is a very refreshing and pallet cleansing dish.  Even my mom liked it!

Really what you need:

1 Cup Sugar
6 Tbl Honey
3 Cups Water
1 Cup Lemon Juice (about 8, but you can measure and I filled in with the bottled stuff)
2″ peice of ginger

What you need to do:

Boil/heat water so it will dissolve the sugar.  Add the honey.  LET IT COOL!  Meanwhile grate the 2″ piece of ginger into a nice little square of cheese cloth.  TWIST, TWIST and TWIST to squeeze out 1 TBL of ginger juice.  Once the hot liquid is cool (and by cool I recommend putting it in the fridge till it’s COLD)  stir it all together and dump into your ice cream maker (follow its instructions) OR put into a shallow dish and scrape with a fork every 30 minutes.

So what’s really fun to do?  Hollow out several of the lemon halves, make nice thin strips of lemon peel with a few and save your self a slice or two.  Freeze the 1/2 lemons to make cups and serve your sorbetto in that with a lemon twist and mint leaf on the side.

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