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I wanted to make Lemon Mint Sorbet this year since St. Patrick’s Day comes but once a year and our family, for one, enjoys making the most of it.
Like so many in the United States, my husband and children have Irish roots. So on St. Patrick’s Day, our family is 100% Irish and proud of it.
Sorbets, or “nieves” as we call them at home, always evoke sweet memories for me. We enjoyed them often growing up, and they can come in so many different, wonderful flavor combinations.
In this sorbet, the lemon brightens and the mint refreshes, and I’ve put them together with just two other simple ingredients, right in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
Now there are a couple of ways to handle St.Paddy’s Day celebrations. Each is fine and we’ve practiced different ways in different years. One way is to go all green! Green beer, green cupcakes with green frosting, green sugar crystals on our four-leaf clover cookies.
The other way to go is a more subtle, understated approach. Back in the day at school, my husband would wear just a pinch of green, both to acknowledge his Irish pride and to keep from getting pinched himself, but he was still steeped in both his Irish heritage and Irish pride.
Today’s recipe is more like that, taking the more, subtle, green approach.
We do that by adding fresh, green, mint leaves on top of our lemon sorbet to hint at the mintiness within.
How to make Lemon Mint Sorbet without an ice cream maker
This recipe calls for an ice cream maker. If you don’t have one, you can get one at a very affordable price. It will save you time and effort.
But even if you don’t have one at home, no worries, you can still make this recipe.
Just freeze the mixture in a freezer safe container. When frozen, take it out of the freezer and allow it to thaw at room temperature for 10 minutes. Then, break the mixture into pieces, place them in a food processor and mix until soft.
If you make this lemon mint sorbet, be sure to snap a photo and share it with us on social media using the #mamalatinatips hashtag. I’d love to see it and have a chance to share it as well.
Lemon Mint Sorbet
Makes 2 cups
Prep time 8 min – start to finish 35 minutes – freeze time 2 hours
Ingredients
- 2 cups of water
- 1 cup sugar
- 8-10 mint sprigs, leaves & stems + a few more for decoration, washed
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- ½ cup Meyer lemon juice
Process
Mix water, sugar and 8-10 mint sprigs, depending on how minty you want the sorbet. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat, cover and let steep for 15-20 minutes.
Add lemon zest and lemon juice, mix well. Take mint out of the liquid, place it in a sieve, hold the sieve over your liquid mixture and press down with a spoon to get all the juice out.
Place liquid in a glass container, cover and chill in the fridge overnight.
Pour chilled mixture in an ice cream machine and churn according to the instructions. I have a Cuisinart ice cream maker and it took 35 minutes. Serve immediately or transfer to a freezer safe container until time to enjoy it.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Enjoy!
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Lemon Mint Sorbet
Ingredients
- 2 cups of water
- 1 cup sugar
- 8-10 mint sprigs leaves & stems + a few more for decoration, washed
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- ½ cup Meyer lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix water, sugar and 8-10 mint sprigs, depending on how minty you want the sorbet. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Turn off heat, cover and let steep for 15-20 minutes.
- Add lemon zest and lemon juice, mix well. Take mint out of the liquid, place it in a sieve, hold the sieve over your liquid mixture and press down with a spoon to get all the juice out.
- Place liquid in a glass container, cover and chill in the fridge overnight.
- Pour chilled mixture in an ice cream machine and churn according to the instructions. I have a Cuisinart ice cream maker and it took 35 minutes. Transfer to a freezer safe container until time to enjoy it.
- Serve immediately or return to freezer.
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