High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Classic Lemon Sorbet
Bright, tangy, and impossibly refreshing, this lemon sorbet is the kind of frozen dessert that tastes like pure sunshine in a bowl. So many store-bought sorbets and frozen treats sneak in high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, which makes finding a clean option at the grocery store genuinely frustrating. This one keeps it simple and honest — just granulated sugar, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, water, and a pinch of salt. The homemade simple syrup is the secret to a smooth, scoopable texture, and straining the zest before churning means you get all that fragrant citrus oil without any bitterness. Chilling the base thoroughly before it hits the ice cream maker is what gives the final sorbet that pale, opaque, almost silky consistency. It's a dessert that feels elegant enough for a dinner party but is genuinely easy to pull off at home. Once you've tasted a scoop made with real ingredients, the store-bought stuff just doesn't compare.
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6 servings
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp lemon zest (from about 3 lemons)
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 6–7 lemons)
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the sugar, water, and lemon zest in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved, about 3–4 minutes. Do not let the syrup boil vigorously — remove it from the heat as soon as the sugar is clear.
- 2
Pour the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl or measuring cup, pressing on the zest to extract its oils, then discard the zest. Stir in the lemon juice and salt.
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