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🍽️ Fresh Lemon Sorbet in the Shell
269 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 225 g Sugar
- 3 grated peel of one untreated lemon (juice and peel)
- 1 egg white
- 4 medium lemons (or oranges)
- lemon zest
- lemon zest
Instructions
- 1. Stir sugar with 600 milliliters of water in a pot.
- 2. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring constantly.
- 3. Let the syrup simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- 4. Stir the lemon peel into the hot syrup.
- 5. Let the syrup with the peel simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
- 6. Remove the pot from the heat and let the syrup cool down.
- 7. Stir the lemon juice into the cooled syrup.
- 8. Pour the liquid into a shallow metal bowl.
- 9. Place the bowl in the freezer for about 2 hours.
- 10. Let the mixture freeze until it is half-frozen.
- 11. Whip the egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff.
- 12. Place the half-frozen sorbet mixture into a mixing bowl.
- 13. Add the whipped egg whites.
- 14. Mix everything well together.
- 15. Place the bowl back in the freezer for 1 hour.
- 16. Cut a small lid off whole lemons or oranges.
- 17. Carefully scoop out the fruit flesh with a sharp spoon.
- 18. Fill the nearly frozen sorbet into the hollowed-out citrus fruits.
- 19. Place the filled fruits in the freezer for about 2 hours.
- 20. Garnish the finished sorbet with orange and lemon zest.
- 21. Serve the sorbet immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 269
- Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 1 g · Carbs: 60 g