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8 min prep · 24h freeze 4 pints easy
Lemon sorbet needs more sugar than fruit sorbets because of the acidity. Glucose adds body.
Smooth & scoopable
Balanced base. Freeze 24h, then spin on the matching program.
✅ READY
Fat
0.1%
target 0–3%
Sugar
28.0%
target 22–32%
MSNF
0.0%
target 0–2%
Total solids
28.9%
target 28–35%
PAC341.0 / 280–350
POD (sweetness)
256
target 140–190
Total mass
579 g
target 473 g = pint
Ingredients
Scale to the number of pints you want — every gram scales with you.
4
pints
- Lemon Juice (fresh)180 g
- Water230 g
- Granulated Sugar110 g
- Dextrose35 g
- Glucose Syrup DE4020 g
- Lemon Zest4 g
Batch mass579 g
Method
- 1.Warm water with sugars, glucose and zest. Steep 10 min, strain.
- 2.Cool, stir in lemon juice.
- 3.Pint, freeze 24 h. Spin on Sorbet.
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