Lime Ice on Watermelon
Lime Ice on Watermelon
From Gourmet magazine
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups lime sugar, recipe below
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 1/4 cups water
4 whole star anise (optional)
1 3/4 cups fresh lime juice (10 limes)
1/2 chilled watermelon, cut into slices or wedges
Directions
- Boil sugars, water, and star anise, stirring, until sugars are dissolved.
- Pour syrup through a fine sieve into a bowl, discarding solids. Cool syrup.
- Stir in lime juice.
- Freeze in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass dish, stirring occasionally with a fork, until liquid is frozen and granular, about 6 hours.
- Serve lime ice on watermelon.
Serves 8.
Make ahead: lime ice may be made 2 days ahead and kept frozen, covered.
6 limes
2 1/4 cups sugar*
- Remove zest from limes in strips with a vegetable peeler and cut away any white pith from zest (pith imparts a bitter flavor).
- Chop zest (about 1/2 cup), then grind in a food processor with sugar until mixture is pale green with bits of zest still visible.
Makes about 3 cups.
Make ahead: lime sugar may be made 3 days ahead and kept, chilled, in an airtight container.
*The sugar becomes aerated in the food processor; do not pack when measuring.
Information
- Category
- Fruit, Appetizers
- Cuisine
- North American
