This recipe came to me via a collection of handwritten recipes from the 1950s. It does seem like a simple enough recipe and it seems very appropriate for something cool to have for dessert during the hot summer months. So, before I lose this recipe and its companion recipe orange ice here it is.

Ingredients for lemon ice

• 1 quart water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
• ¾ cup lemon juice

Directions for lemon ice

• Boil water, and sugar 5 minutes
• Add lemon rind and juice
• Cool and strain to remove lemon rind
• Pour the mixture in a tray or pan and freeze
• Stir the mixture with a fork to break up the formation of ice and repeat every thirty minutes for the next three to four hours.

Approximate Yield

• 3 pints ice.

How to serve lemon ice

• Serve in chilled sherbet glasses serve as dessert.
• Or with poultry or game

Related References

• Summertime orange ice