Key Lime Italian Ice

Title: KEY LIME ITALIAN ICE

Categories: Beverages

Yield: 4 servings

1 Key Lime

1 c Sugar

4 c Water

1 ds Salt

1/2 c Key Lime juice

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. --