Brazil Nut Free Classic Lemon Sorbet

Bright, tangy, and impossibly refreshing, this lemon sorbet is the kind of frozen dessert that makes you close your eyes on the first spoonful. It's built from just five clean, simple ingredients — sugar, water, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and a pinch of salt — so there's no mystery about what's going into it. That simplicity is actually what makes it so satisfying: no dairy, no nuts, no complicated additives, just pure citrus flavor churned into something silky and scoopable. The technique is straightforward too — a quick stovetop syrup infused with lemon zest, strained smooth, chilled down, then churned in an ice cream maker until it turns that gorgeous pale yellow. Pressing plastic wrap directly against the surface before the final freeze keeps the texture clean and prevents any icy crust from forming on top. It's the kind of recipe that feels fancy enough for a dinner party but easy enough to make on a weekday just because you have lemons sitting on the counter.

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