Alton Brown's Key Lime Sorbet

Filed under Desserts

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown. Makes 1 1/2 quarts. If it's held frozen more than 2 hours, move it to the refrigerator about half an hour before serving. Double the zest for a more assertive sorbet.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Key lime preserves
  • 1 Lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 Lime, zested and juiced
  • 4 cup Club soda, lime flavored, or seltzer
  • Kosher salt

Directions

  1. Stir the sugar, preserves and 1 cup of the soda in a medium saucepan over low heat until melted. Add the citrus juice and zest.
  2. Stir in the remaining soda, move to a lidded container and chill thoroughly, 2 to 3 hours.
  3. Churn in an ice cream maker until it reaches the consistency of firm slush. Return to the container and harden in the freezer 1 hour before serving.