ZING – Lemon Lime Sorbet with a tiny stab of chilli

New season lemons on my tree

A little over a month ago I returned to work part time. One of my work colleagues and I were chatting about food and she told me about the numerous ice cream flavors she had been concocting.  She also mentioned that she had recently had a Lemon Chilli Sorbet – zing my attention hasn’t moved from that conversation until now – now that I have made some, tasted it and loved it!! Since the theme for this months Sweet Adventures Blog Hop was announced as Lemon and my tree has started to produce I knew immediately what I would make this month. This months edition is hosted by Delicieux.

Ingredients for the sorbet are home grown.  I used home grown chilli, our first lemons for the season and some limes from my mums tree.  I used Coconut (Palm) Sugar. I am slightly addicted to it after discovering it at Blue Chillies restaurant in Fitzroy. They had a big container of it on the bar. Coconut sugar is a deeper color than regular palm sugar. It is commonly used in sweet dishes and has a deep caramel flavor.

ZING is the best way to describe the flavor of this sorbet, it delivers a wild burst of it. It is moreish, refreshing and cool with a tiny stab of chilli to cut through the intensity of the citrus flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 minutes
• Freezing Time: 8 hours +

This is what I made:

Lemon, Lime Chilli Sorbet Recipe

Lemon Lime Chilli Sorbet

Ingredients:

• 140 grams Coconut (Palm) Sugar
• 210 grams Castor Sugar
• 100 ml water
• 2 limes, juiced (1/4 cup) plus the zest finely chopped
• 5 lemons juiced (1 cup)  plus the zest of 2 finely chopped
• 1 red chilli de-seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon of Lemon Schnapps (or Vodka)

Ingredients

Steps:

1. Add the Coconut Sugar, Castor Sugar and water to a saucepan. Heat slowly over low-medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
2. Remove from the heat before it boils
3. Once cooled add the remaining ingredients
4. Pour into a plastic container and put into the freezer
5. Remove 3 x every few hours and mix well with a hand held beater

Dissolve the Sugar over low heat

Combine Ingredients

Hints and Tips:

Next time I make this I would chop the zest much finer. I left them quite large.