1 key lime
1 cup sugar
4 cup water
1 dash salt
1/2 cup key lime juice
Directions
Remove zest, the colored part of the rind, from 1 Key
Lime, and cut into small
pieces. Place zest and sugar in a blender or food
processor, and process until zest is finely chopped.
Pour mixture into a 3 qt saucepan. Add water
and salt and heat until sugar dissolves. Cool.
Add enough water to Key Lime juice to make 2/3 cup
liquid. Stir into cooled
sugar mixture. Pour into divided ice cube trays and
freeze. Place frozen cubes in container of blender.
Cover and process until cubes become a velvety
slush.
Scoop into individual goblets or store, covered in
the freezer.
Makes about 4 1/2 cups.
This recipe is from The Key Lime Cookbook that my
Mumsie sent me.
Servings: 4 servings
Key Lime Italian Ice Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Italian
The History of Recipes
Transcribed cooking instructions as a concept can be found back into ancient history, at least as far back into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and possibly even further. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these ancient cook books were just simple hieroglyphic recipes for meal preparation.
Fascinatingly, the oldest recipe in existence, according to academics are some ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making people feel `blissful`. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a man called Apicius created a number of scripts describing recipes prepared by wealthy Romans. In his publication, he describes how the meals were separated into appetizers, entrees and dessert, a very modern way of dining. Additionally, he describes how the Romans made use of many herbs, including a few you will know like bay, mint and asafoetida. Over the following few centuries, the rich families of the West competed with each other to offer the most extravagent banquests, and as a consequence, chefs and their recipes were much in demand. Even so, it was during the 1800s that haute cuisine and cookery books reached a high level of popularity. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and writing down recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. The arrival of TV brings us TV cookery programs and the demand for the spin-off recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the internet revolution, permitting everybody to search through massive numbers of recipes like the ones you can find on the site you are now reading. |
We hope you enjoy this Key Lime Italian Ice recipe.
