I just came across a post about making food with yellow ingredient to promote cancer awareness on Winos and Foodies blog by Barbara. I saw it yesterday, on the deadline for submission but I am inspired that I would like to promote cancer awareness with this post. This is an event for Lance Armstrong Foundation’s Livestrong Day. I would like to dedicate this post to my beloved brother in law, Gary Barnes. Gary was diagnosed with lung cancer and fought it for a year before he left us. He was the brother you would ask for. He had so much love for people around him and he always brought us together as a family. Gary didn't smoke or drink, the doctor linked his cancer to his service in the Vietnam War and Gulf War. His body is not with us anymore but his soul will always be around. We miss him miserably.
I got this recipe from David Lebovitz' ice cream book, the Perfect Scoop. It's called Super Lemon Ice Cream. A friend shared with me Meyer Lemons that she had and I immediately thought of this recipe that I saw in David's book. So, I used those Meyer Lemons to make this perfect ice cream. These lemons are sweeter than regular lemon, it is lemon with a little touch of orange in it.
Here is the recipe
2 lemons
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup freshly squeeze lime juice
2 cups half and half
pinch of salt
Zest the lemons into food processor or blender and blend with sugar until fine. Add lemon juice and continue to blend until all sugar is dissolved. Add half and half and salt and blend until smooth. Chill completely and freeze according to your ice cream maker's manufacturer's instructions.
And let me tell you, this ice cream is just out of this world. Meyer lemons are just perfect because of that little sweetness. This is the first time that I finished the whole bowl of ice cream after taking the picture so early in the morning. This recipe is here to stay. We are making the ice cream for Thai Fresh too.
Thank you for your entry Jam.It sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteHey Jam, you so read my mind...I have been craving lemon or lime ice cream, not sorbet, and now I got a killer recipe to try. Thanks! BTW, I am trying to subscribe to your blog so I can link it to mine, but I get an error message. Any advice?
ReplyDeleteClaudia, this ice cream is really really good. I fixed the subscribe thing and you should be good to go. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteHey Jam - Had a qn. about this recipe
ReplyDeleteYou say 1/2 cup of lime juice is needed, but you don't have it used in your description. Also When you blend the sugar, you say to add the lemon juice. Is this the lemon juice of the 2 lemons? Or did you mis-type lemon as lime in the ingredients?
Also, I have had your Thai Basil Coconut Icecream & the Coconut Corn and it is SOOO good! Can you give the recipes for those? I would love to try them out at home!
Hi Gayathri, lemon juice is added to the blender with sugar and lemon zest. The 2 lemons are used for the zest and I think you need more than 2 lemons for the 1/2 cup lemon juice. I will post the other ice cream recipe soon, stay tuned.
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