Granizado de Limón

Name: Granizado de Limón
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 4 large unwaxed lemons; 130 g Sugar; 600 ml Water; 4 sprigs Mint (optional)

Spain's icy, sweet-sharp lemon slush for scorching afternoons. Sip it through a straw or eat it with a spoon.

Spanish · Drinks · prep 10 min · cook 5 min · waiting 3 h · serves 4 · Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free, Pescatarian

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Ingredients

4 large unwaxed lemons
130 g Sugar
600 ml Water
4 sprigs Mint (optional)

Method

Pare the zest from 2 of the lemons in wide strips with a peeler, avoiding the white pith. Squeeze the juice from all 4; you need about 200 ml.
Warm 200 ml of the water with the sugar and zest in a small pan over low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 10 min, then remove the zest.
Stir in the rest of the water and the lemon juice. Pour into a wide, shallow freezer-proof container and freeze.
After 1 hour, scrape and stir the half-frozen edges into the middle with a fork. Repeat every 30 min for about 2 hours more, until it is a mass of fine, slushy crystals.
Spoon into glasses, garnish with mint, if using, and serve with straws and spoons.

Tips

In a hurry? Blend the chilled lemon syrup with 500 g ice cubes until slushy and serve at once.
It keeps in the freezer for a week; let it soften for 10 min and fork it up again before serving.

Sources

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