Peanut Free Zesty Lemon Sorbet
Bright, tangy, and refreshingly simple, this lemon sorbet is the kind of frozen dessert that tastes like pure sunshine in a bowl. It's built from just a handful of pantry staples — sugar, water, fresh lemon juice, and a little zest — so there's nothing hidden or complicated going on. For anyone navigating nut allergies, store-bought sorbets can be a minefield of shared-facility warnings, but making it from scratch at home puts you completely in control of every ingredient. The technique is straightforward: a quick simple syrup gets strained to capture all that fragrant zest oil, then it's chilled and churned into something silky and scoopable. A pinch of salt might seem unexpected, but it sharpens the citrus flavor beautifully and keeps the sweetness from going flat. The result is a pale, luminous sorbet with a clean, bold lemon punch that works as a palate cleanser, a light dessert, or an afternoon treat on a warm day.
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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 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 large 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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