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Lenin And Lime: Gin & Tonic Sorbetto

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Lenin And Lime: Gin & Tonic Sorbetto
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Greetings, comrade. This quasi-revolutionary sorbetto is so bone-chillingly good that there’ll never need to be 
another cold war. It’s one of the flavors we were 
developing for our ‘Dictators of Cool’ collection, which included our old favorites Adolf Hitler (The Great 
Licktator), Colonel Gaddafi (Cone El Gaddafi), and David 
Cameron (Fake 99). — Matt O'Connor, The Icecreamists
Servings
4
Ingredients
  • 5 ounce water
  • 5 ounce caster sugar
  • 5 ounce tonic water
  • 3/4 tablespoon gin
  • 1 lime, juiced and zested
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
Directions
  1. Pour the water into a saucepan and add the sugar. Place over a low heat and bring to the boil, whisking often, until the sugar dissolves. Reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, continuing to whisk until the liquid turns into a syrup.
  2. Pour the syrup into a heatproof bowl and set aside for 
about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooled to room temperature. For more rapid chilling, half-fill a sink with cold water and ice and place the bowl of mixture in it for 20 minutes. Pour the tonic water into a bowl, add the sugar syrup, then cover and refrigerate, ideally overnight, until thoroughly chilled (at least 4 degrees C).
  3. Add the gin, lime juice and lemon juice to the chilled mixture, then pour into an ice cream machine and churn according to 
the manufacturer’s instructions.
  4. When the churning is completed, use a spoon or spatula to scrape the sorbetto into a freezer-proof container with a lid. Freeze until it reaches the correct scooping texture (at least 
2–3 hours).
  5. Decorate each portion with lime slices and serve.
 
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