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When the summer heat becomes unbearable and the craving for something icy grows, homemade sorbet is just the thing. Jakub Gavor from the renowned Brno-based ice cream shop Ještě Jednu shared his recipe for lemon sorbet with honey, which you can easily make at home.
Ingredients:
210 g lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon
490 g water
244 g sugar
61 g honey
1 g spices (of your choice) or 10 g herbs (of your choice)
3 g stabilizer (optional, but improves texture) – guar gum, tara gum or locust bean gum are most suitable (can be combined)
First, wash the lemons, grate the zest from one, and squeeze out 210 g of juice. In a bowl, mix the sugar, spices, and stabilizer. Heat the water to about 60 °C, stir in the dry mixture, and let it cool down to 6 °C. Add the lemon juice with zest and let it rest in the fridge for at least 5 hours
Ideally, freeze the mixture in a home ice cream machine (either active or passive) – the process takes 20–40 minutes. If you don't have an ice cream machine, pour the base into a sealable container and "break it up" with a whisk or fork at 30-minute intervals, repeating until it becomes sorbet-like. Alternatively, you can try the brine method – you'll find detailed instructions on YouTube
The recipe can also be used for popsicles: replace lemon with lime, bergamot, or yuzu, omit the stabilizer, and add 20 g powdered inulin to the dry mix.
