Meyer Lemon Sorbet

Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Jeff

A meyer lemon for those who have never had one is basically a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange. Taste wise a meyer lemon is sweeter and less acidic than a normal lemon.

Growing up I was obsessed with lemon ice especially the kind you could get in your grocery store that comes in the paper containers. When I found meyer lemons my thoughts went right to recreating something similar to that.

This is a very simple and straightforward recipe and relies on the number 1. For meyer lemon sorbet you are going to need:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cup meyer lemon juice (about 3-4 lemons)
Zest of 1 meyer lemon

In a small saucepan over medium heat add in the cup of sugar with the cup of water. Once the sugar has dissolved remove it from the heat.

While the sugar is dissolving in the water zest and juice the meyer lemons.

Once the sugar has dissolved remove from the stove and stir the sugar water into the lemon juice.

Place in the fridge overnight.

When ready set up your ice cream mixer per the instructions. If you are using the KitchenAid ice cream maker remove the ice cream bowl from the freezer (you did remember to freeze it for at least 24 hours right?), attach it to the stand, slowly pour in the mixture, and put the paddle on, and turn it to setting 1 (these steps are all detailed in your instruction handbook but really does anyone read them?). It will take about 15 minutes to set up so relax and walk away.