Nevin Halici

Lemon Sherbet

Limon Şerbeti

Preparation info

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

top 1000Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

  • About

Sherbets are light cooling drinks that used to be served between courses at banquets in order to refresh the appetite. They are made from fresh seasonal fruit or flowers that impart aroma and colour and are now drunk at any time of day.

Ingredients

  • the rind of 2 lemons, grated
  • 4 mint leaves, 2 tbsp sugar

Method

Pound the lemon rind, mint leaves and 2 tbsp. of the sugar together in a mortar. Tie up the resulting paste in a piece of muslin.

Heat together the lemon juice, remaining sugar and water and stir