Ice Cream Surprise: Lemon Ice Cream

Herbs and flowers for flavor and color.

August/September 1996
By Theresa Loe 
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Lemon juice and peel and two lemon-flavored herbs combine in this cool, light, and lemony ice cream, which is neither too sweet nor too tart. I like to serve it in hollowed-out lemons topped with fresh lemon balm sprigs. (For zest use a potato peeler to remove only the yellow portion of the lemon peel, leaving the bitter white layer behind.)

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  1. Stir the lemon peel, lemon juice and hard-packed lemon herbs into the hot ice-cream base. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  2. Strain the mixture and add the chopped lemon balm leaves for color. Pour the mixture into an ice-cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Theresa Loe is an aerospace engineer, freelance writer and lecturer who tends her herb garden in a small Southern California coastal community. Her book, The Herbal Home Companion, is due out from Kensington, Inc., this fall.

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