Italian Lemon Ice

Total Time: 7 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups hot water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezed
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 quart water
• 3/4 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezed
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 ounces rum

Recipe

• 1 ***water ices*** (serves 4).
• 2 melt sugar in hot water, add lemon juice and rind.
• 3 let mixture stand for 5 minutes.
• 4 strain, place mixture in a freezing tray and freeze, stirring frequently, until it reaches a mushy consistency.
• 5 if you have an electric ice cream machine, pour mixture into machine and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
• 6 ****roman style**** (serves 6).
• 7 combine sugar and water in saucepan, heat until sugar melts.
• 8 add lemon juice.
• 9 strain mixture through a very fine sieve.
• 10 freeze until mushy, stirring frequently.
• 11 beat egg until stiff.
• 12 remove ice mixture from freezer when mushy.
• 13 add stiffly beaten egg and 1/4 cup sugar and mix well.
• 14 add rum and mix.
• 15 return to freezer and continue to freeze to ices consistency (not solid), stirring often.
• 16 if you have an electric ice cream machine, pour mixture into machine and freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
• 17 add beaten egg and sugar according to manufacturer's instructions as you would if you were adding additional ingredients (nuts, choc chips, etc) to your ice cream.