Sherbet

[faithellen]

I made one batch of the lemon buttermilk sherbet last night, and declared it lovely. Nice and creamy with a gentle lemon flavor. Dana said that it's very buttermilky, and needs more lemon. I bought enough for two batches (like y'do), so I'm going to whip up another batch this morning.

We don't have a zester (egads, there's a gadget we don't own), so I zested yesterday's lemons with a vegetable peeler, minced them all up, and then strained them out when I poured into the ice cream maker. This morning I will attempt either a more fine mincing or possibly use the cheese grater -- it's not the big cowbell one, though, so that wasn't effective yesterday. And, yesterday I was pressed for time getting the mixture put together before our meeting; today I can take more time with the mincing.

I am Horatio Hornblower; see me mince.

Comments

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

It sounds like with all that zesting, it might be worth it for you to pick up a microplane. ;)

The thought of Lemon Buttermilk Sherbet makes my mouth water. Post the recipe, I'm buying an icecream maker now!

[faithellen]

I think we're actually getting one as a bonus for renewing our Gourmet subscription. Watch it arrive in today's mail. :)

LEMON BUTTERMILK SHERBET

2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
3/4 cup light corn syrup
2 teaspoons packed finely grated lemon zest (from 3 medium lemons)
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar

Special equipment: an ice cream maker

Stir together buttermilk, corn syrup, zest, juice, and sugar in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate, covered, until cold, at least 2 hours.

Freeze mixture in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.

Cook's notes:
• The buttermilk mixture can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.
• The sherbet can be made up to 1 week ahead.

The Ben & Jerry's ice cream book suggests stirring the mixture of any fruit ice cream every half hour to enhance the flavor...trying that with this batch, too.

[elizagoth.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum. (And of course, once again, i found your older post after I responded).

Thanks. :)

[mydwynter.livejournal.com]

My dearest love (um, AB, in case that wasn't obvious) uses a wood rasp with a slide-y catch-all on the back. I like the idea.

(hee...you said "like y-do"...)