Lemon Basil Ice

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Cooling and refreshing homemade shaved ice flavored naturally with lemon and basil!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Steep / Freezing Time 6 45

Total Time 7

Servings cups

Calories 97kcal

Author Tracy

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Ingredients

4 lemons, juice of about 1 1/4 cup
peel from 2 lemons
2/3 cup sugar 135 g
2 2/3 cups water divided
2/3 cup fresh basil leaves about 1 oz, packed

Instructions

Prep Lemons: Use a vegetable peeler and peel 2 lemons. Juice these two lemons and 2 more lemons to get at least 1 1/4 cups of fresh lemon juice.
Boil and Steep: Add lemon juice, sugar, and 2/3 cup of water to a small pot and turn the heat up to high to bring to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, remove from the heat and then add the fresh basil leaves and lemon peels and mix. Let it steep off the heat for 45 minutes.
Drain and Freeze: Place a sieve or a colander over a baking dish. Pour lemon and basil into the sieve into the baking dish and then add 2 cups of cold water. Cover with plastic wrap and then place in the freezer for 90 minutes.
Scrape and Mix: After 90 minutes, remove the tray from the freezer and remove the cover. Use a fork to scrape the edges of the baking dish where it has begun to freeze, and then mix/scrape it all, breaking up and "fluffing" the frozen parts. Cover and return to the freezer and repeat every hour for the next 4 hrs until the whole baking dish has the texture of shaved ice.
Serve and Enjoy!

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Notes

Storage

Store in the freezer for a month - but good luck keeping it around that long!

Freezing and Scraping

Be sure to give yourself the time to be able to scrape/fluff the ice every hour, as this is key to getting the right texture. If you just freeze overnight, you will get a solid frozen cube.

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