Soy Free Zesty 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 bite. It's built from just five clean ingredients — sugar, water, lemon zest, fresh lemon juice, and a pinch of salt — so there's nothing hidden and nothing to second-guess. Store-bought sorbets can be surprisingly tricky, with shared production lines and ingredient lists that bury unexpected additives, but making it at home puts you completely in control. The technique is straightforward: a quick simple syrup infused with lemon zest, strained smooth, chilled down, then churned in an ice cream maker until pale, opaque, and perfectly scoopable. Pressing plastic wrap directly onto the surface before the final freeze keeps the texture silky rather than icy. The result is a clean, jewel-bright sorbet with a bold citrus punch that works as a palate cleanser, a light dessert, or an excuse to use up a bag of lemons before they turn.
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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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