Lemon Mint Sorbet

Lemon Mint Sorbet takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly recipe has 263 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8 and costs $1.12 per serving. It works well as a rather inexpensive dessert. Only a few people made this recipe, and 3 would say it hit the spot. A mixture of water, kosher salt, limoncello, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 21%. This score is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Lemon-Mint Sorbet, Raspberry Mint Sorbet, and Papaya-Mint Sorbet.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

3 cups water

2 cups sugar

3 Zest of large lemons

1 1/2 cups fresh mint leaves, finely minced and divided

1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup limoncello

1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Equipment:

pot

whisk

ice cream machine

Cooking instruction summary:

Pour the water, sugar and lemon zest into a pot over medium high heat until the sugar has completely dissolved, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in the mint and set aside. As the simple syrup steeps, whisk together the lemon juice, limoncello and salt. Pour into the minted simple syrup and allow to cool completely. Chill for at least 3 hours, but preferably overnight. Once the liquid has chilled, pour it into the frozen base of your ice cream maker, cover with the lid and churn for 20-30 minutes or until the mixture thickens. Put the base into the freezer for another hour or two to harden as desired.

 

Step by step:


1. Pour the water, sugar and lemon zest into a pot over medium high heat until the sugar has completely dissolved, stirring occasionally.

2. Remove from heat, stir in the mint and set aside.

3. As the simple syrup steeps, whisk together the lemon juice, limoncello and salt.

4. Pour into the minted simple syrup and allow to cool completely. Chill for at least 3 hours, but preferably overnight.

5. Once the liquid has chilled, pour it into the frozen base of your ice cream maker, cover with the lid and churn for 20-30 minutes or until the mixture thickens.

6. Put the base into the freezer for another hour or two to harden as desired.


Nutrition Information:

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263 Calories
0.51g Protein
0.36g Total Fat
60g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
263k
13%

Fat
0.36g
1%

  Saturated Fat
0.04g
0%

Carbohydrates
60g
20%

  Sugar
56g
63%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
44mg
2%

Alcohol
4g
26%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
0.51g
1%

Vitamin C
23mg
28%

Vitamin A
362IU
7%

Manganese
0.11mg
5%

Folate
19µg
5%

Fiber
1g
4%

Calcium
29mg
3%

Potassium
99mg
3%

Iron
0.51mg
3%

Copper
0.05mg
3%

Magnesium
10mg
3%

Vitamin B2
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.02mg
1%

Phosphorus
10mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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