Summer temperatures are in full force here in Ohio, so I thought I would make some lemon sorbet and post a giveaway to help ya beat the heat! This is another recipe from the Williams Sonoma Ice Cream book that I fell in love with last month. I purchased one from ebay to pass along to one of you! This book is full of cool treats that range from super basic recipes to recipes that will please the pickiest of palettes. I have never made sorbet before, so I thought this would be a great recipe to try and post for all of my lovely readers! I adore lemon flavored items in the summer, plus I had purchased a large bag of them from the market. This recipe is also perfect for a warm day because you do not have turn on the oven to get a tasty, refreshing dessert…plus it requires very little prep work!
Now the giveaway…if you win, you will receive the Williams Sonoma Ice Cream recipe book, an ergonomic…I like the word ergonomic for some reason…ice cream scooper to dish out all your delectable creations and a jar of ice cream toppers. Oh and as usual, I will throw in a couple of surprise items as well!!
How do you win? Giveaway Ended!
Post a comment telling me your favorite way to beat the summer heat! *Tweet about this giveaway and post a link on my post to your tweet for an extra chance to win!
The Rules
1.) Open to U.S.A. residents only.
2.) One winner will be chosen on 7/3/09 by using random.org.
3.) Make sure that I have a way to contact you when you leave a comment; either through your
blog or an email.
4.) One comment per person, please. Plus one *tweet entry; totaling 2 entries per person.
5.) I will contact the winner via email or commenting on the winner’s site.
6.) You have until 7/7/09 to claim the giveaway, or I will have to choose another winner.
Notes:
1. This giveaway is brought to you by me and is in no way affiliated with Williams Sonoma or any other products being given away.
2. The Williams Sonoma Ice Cream book was purchased from ebay; it is not brand new, but it is in great condition!
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
Oh and here is the recipe…
Lemon Sorbet
adapted from Williams Sonoma-Ice Cream
Makes about 1 1/2 pints
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups of water
1 cup plus 3 TBS sugar
1 heaping tablespoon of grated lemon zest
1 1/2 cup lemon juice
Method
1. In a small, heavy saucepan, combine the water and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar disolves and the syrup is clear, about 1 minute.
2. Remove the syrup from the heat, add the lemon zest, and set aside to steep for about 20 minutes. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, 2-3 hours.
3. Add the lemon juice to the syrup and stir to combine. Pour into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manuafacturer’s instructions. Transfer the sorbet to a freezer safe container and freeze the sorbet until firm, at least 3 hours or up to 3 days, before serving.
Note: If using Meyer lemons, decrease the sugar by 3 TBS.
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My favorite way to beat the heat is too go on over to the coast. We live pretty close an we go every july just to beat the heat. But ice cream works well too!
My favorite way to beat the heat is to take trips to the local shopping center. They have a huge baking supply store inside. They are the only one I know of in Vegas. Ice cream is great but I don't like all the preservatives, so this recipe book would help cut those out! ;0)
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With four kiddos in the house, cheap popsicles are what we're about all summer long! Who knew a box of 200 could fly out the door so quickly
Ice cream and popsicles with a pool if I can manage it. Otherwise go shopping – free air conditioning!
Cold stone ice cream! YUM.
Cool giveaway! My favorite way to beat the summer heat is making sparkling strawberry lemonade…yum!
I live in New Orleans, so I love to get snowballs! During the summer I love refreshing fruity flavors like raspberry or tangerine.
To beat the heat I make strawberry shortcakes with lots of ice cream or rootbeer floats! MMMM!!
I love going to the coast, or sitting in the shade eating things like frozen yogurt or ice cream shakes!
The only way to beat the heat? Not turn on the oven. Make ice cream instead!
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In the summer I love to sit on the porch under the ceiling fan with a big glass of iced tea.
Gelato at the cafe down the street. Tastes just like Rome!
Well in this new house without A/C I have found that the coolest room in the house is my Sewing/Scrapping room – this is how I will beat the heat for the most part of a hot day. In the evening we will go to the lake.
Long live the AC, cool showers and iced treats.
A/C plus trips to the beach help me make it through the hot days of summer.
Your awesome photo, looking so cool & refreshing brought me here via Food Gawker. I too just love lemon, actually anything lemon…… and this is just the perfect cooler to beat the heat!
Stay in air conditioning and eat ice cream!
Going to the beach and eating fresh fruit or ice cream. That is the best kind of summer.
Take a quick drive to the beach and run into the water baywatch style!
my favorite way to beat the heat is with some nice cool iced beverages
Awesome giveaway! My favorite way to beat the heat is drinking frozen lemonade or frozen limeade while sitting poolside. This Sorbet sounds like the perfect poolside treat for me! Thanks!
My favorite way to beat the heat is to head to the pool!
When I come in from mowing, which is the hottest I get all summer, I have a popsicle. It's traditional by now! LOL. Terrific cool down and refreshing to boot. Thanks for hosting a great giveaway!
~~Rhonda
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My favorite way to beat the heat is Blended Strawberry Lemonades at Starbucks! YUM! I could Possibly even make something like that with that lemon sorbet recipe
A/C, ice cream, and lemonade
Nothing beats a snow cone/shaved ice to cool me off quick. I especially love homemade ones with interesting syrups, like the basil lemon one I found at a farmer's market last summer. If only I had the freezer space for ice I could make them myself.
The sorbet looks delicious and refreshing!
I hope I win!
I love icecream and I've been wanting an attachment to my kitchen aide. This book would be the perfect companion.
Carey
Go swimming and eat ice cream. That's what summer is all about.
The Absolute best way to beat the heat is flavored ice cubes!!! Make ice cubes out of fruit juices like watermelon and pineapple… As the ice cubes melt, they flavor your drink.. Regular ice cubes water down your drink over time, but these keep you cool, and add flavor!! Not only that… make them look cool!! Add blueberries or a blackberry into the ice cube tray, and it looks super cute when frozen
I beat the heat by hanging out in the cool basement.
Take cool showers or stay inside in the a/c. If it's not to bad outside, I love to sit on our deck in late afternoon when we have shade. http://bit.ly/189uem
My favorite way to beat the heat is with a long, cool glass of plain old water. asthenight at gmail dot com
Lovely sorbet! I beat the heat by going to a movie if it's super hot or drinking lots of lemonade!
best way to beat the heat….stay in doors!
I beat the heat by sitting in the A/C! I try not to turn on the oven and I just got an ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchen Aid. So, this giveaway is perfect!
I usually drink a lot of lemonade and sometimes go to a nice, air-conditioned movie during the day. =) Great giveaway!
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Oo thanks for the fun giveaway! I definitely prefer to beat the heat with a cool & creamy treat..like ice cream
i beat the heat by going to my local ice cream place which does custom blends for some amaretto ice cream! or sometimes i don't try to beat the heat because I LOVE heat.
I love sorbet, but haven't tried making lemon yet! That might have to be my new method for beating the heat! Otherwise, it is strawberry sorbet!
Living in California, I like to stroll along the beach to stay cool. Nothing better than enjoying a cool sorbet treat while watching the fun at the beach.
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My favorite way to beat the heat…either an ice cream cone or a cold beer!
Wheat beer and dips in the pool
My favorite way to beat the heat is staying in and making a nice frozen dessert! rose_herb09@hotmail.com
Yea! I just bought an ice cream maker yesterday! : )
I love fruity, cold drinks on a hot day…
My favorite way– popsicles! Ice cream can be a little too creamy and heavy when it is REALLY hot, so I go for a popsicle.
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My favorite way to beat the summer heat is with ice cream and a nice cold iced tea!
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pretty much any cold drinks and icecream!!! yummy!
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Iced cappucino? I can't spell today because I don't have any beautiful lemon sorbet to keep my brain cells from melting. It looks lovely.
My favorite way to beat the summer heat is to stay inside with the a/c on.
my favorite way to beat the heat is to catch a movie at the theater.
Sorbet! The lemon/raspberry combination is always magical. Always.
To beat the heat, I like to hit the beach. It's hot, yes, but it's so nice to just veg out on the sand.
Nice cold watermelon is always refreshing!
I would say my favorite way to beat the heat is to make a fun korean dessert–shaved ice with sweet red bean paste, vanilla ice cream, mochi, and fresh fruit : )all drizzled with some condensed milk!
The sorbet looks fabulous!!!
Uji gori (shaved ice with flavored syrup.)
I am planning to purchase my boyfriend an ice cream maker this summer so this book would certainly come in handy! He simply adores ice cream. Also wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your blog. I recently made the rocky road bars and they were a hit.
AC doesn't cut it–I need to be cold from the inside. Sorbets are so much better than ice cream, too! I'd love to see what's in the ice cream cookbook!
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I keep an ice cream bucket of light lemon slush in my freezer all summer. We scrape it off with an ice cream scoop for a quickie cool-down. Your lemon sorbet looks fabulous!
Your photos are amazing! I love sorbet, so refreshing and lemon is my favorite. Great giveaway! I love making ice cream in the summer. I also enjoy the farmer's market and pool to cool down!
My favorite way to beat the heat is to eat otter pops…I know, I sound like I'm 5, but I love them! I'm getting an ice cream maker for my birthday this week and I am definitely going to have to try making this sorbet, it looks delicious!
My favorite way to beat the heat?
Um…what heat? I live in Santa Barbara. The hottest it gets here is, like, 80.
BUT, if it ever IS really hot, I love to take a dip in the pool (or the ocean).
I live in New England, so a dip in the ocean always does the trick (the water's hovering around 60 still). That and a vanilla custard ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and I'm good to go
And here's my tweet!
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I'm wimpy. I like to stay inside in the air conditioning and eat icecream. I think I could subsist on icecream (and maybe peel and eat shrimp) for the entire summer!
i love to fill the kiddie pool and let the kiddos play while i enjoy a lemonade popsicle….so dreamy…sometimes i set up the sprinkler and put my chair right at the very edge so my feet get sprayed while they play and i chill with a good book….*sigh, i so heart summer….
Best way to beat the heat is to munch a frozen chocolate banana popsicle!
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The best way to beat the heat in Ohio is at the Beach waterpark, of course!
I've been staying in the air conditioning!
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That sorbet looks delish! I like to stay in the A/C all summer long. Sometimes if it's not too hot, at night I'll sit out with some ice cream and watch the kids play.
I have the muffin version of that cookbook and it is one of my very very favorites.
Oh and I love to beat the heat by freezing to death at work where the AC is cranked ridiculously high.
My favorite way to beat the heat is to make ice cream pie. Lemon and ice cream in graham cracker crust. My hubby asks for this pie year round. yummmm Your lemon sorbet looks so great. I am going to try it next week.
I would have to say my fave way to beat the heat is to eat ice cream and hanging out at the pool or shopping and stopping by williams and sonoma and staring at the kitchenaid stand mixer that I will eventually get.
Okay, in the midst of a heat wave I have to say locking my self in my air conditioned house works best…but in honor of your food blog I like to freeze my kids "go-gerts" & snack on them through out the day. Pretty yummy way to stay cool.
I'm kind of boring, but I beat the summer heat by staying indoors with air conditioning! (I really hate being hot.)
The sorbet looks yummy and refreshing!
'Ritas by the pool when it's about 108 here in Dallas….nothing better!
I want that last bite with the sorbet and raspberry!
It's hot just about all year round here in FL! With active boys that keep me outside when I'm not at work a giant umbrella keeps me cool with a giant glass of ice cubes to crunch on!
~ingrid
The best way to beat the heat for me is to go jump in Walloon Lake. I'm up at a camp teaching horseback riding, so after work we all leap in with our clothes on
(FYI I love your blog, all the recipes are delish)
Lots and lots of air conditioning. And cold iced tea with lemon.
Slushes, snowcones and fans – OH MY! Playing with the kids in the pool or sprinklers is fun too.
my fav way is to go in the bedroom w/ac and my computer and read your blog and get ideas for supper and then at supper sit at the patio table under a huge white oak tree in the shade. Carolyn Pluckhahn
My fav way to beat the heat is to go the the only ac room of my home the bedroom where my computer is also located that way i can read you blog and dicide what to cook in ac bliss. Suppertime will find us at the patio table under a huge white oak in it's cool shade. Carolyn Pluckhahn
This is gonna sound weird, but a really cold Mt.Dew…just had one the other day when we had a heat index of 110! Thanks for a great giveaway & stay cool
Oh this looks great! My favorite way to beat the heat is by getting Pinkberry! Though I just bought my very first ice cream maker, so I may have to give this sorbet a try!
My favorite heat beater is frozen pillowcases. I bag my pillowcases (and sometimes a top sheet) and keep them in the freezer and take them out just before bed. Kind of a reverse freshly-dried-clothes-in-the-winter thing.
Lavender flowers in my pillowcase and and walk on the beach to beat the heat. Also lavender sorbet after dinner.
With all the berries here in Oregon, frozen sorbets rule.
ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM. I can't get enough of it in the summer.
My favorite way to beat the heat is swimming! I live in AZ and it is Hot!!!
Ice cream or frozen ice pops are the best way to stay cool!! Not the best way to diet…but sometimes you just need to cool down!
I'm making my way through ben and jerrys ice cream book… love ice cream! YUM! jansanderson@sisna.com
The only way I can beat the heat is turn on my window air conditioner, close the door to the bedroom, and just lock myself in!
My favorite way to beat the heat in the summer is to visit the pool! I was a lifeguard in high school for three years and love to swim. When I was a kid, my dad would take me to get ice cream from the local ice cream parlor as a kid when we were finished at the pool. Great memories!
My favorite way to beat the summer heat is in the backyard with my feet in my toddlers pool, reading a book and watching him discover the wonders the backyard holds. Brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.
My favorite way to beat the heat is to head out to the frozen yogurt shop at the corner of the street and getting me a tasty rasberry treat… *drools*
Maybe I should go right now!
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Great!! I have this Williams Sonoma Ice Cream recipe book… It has many delicious recipes!! I got some recipes thorough online store!!