• 2 cups water
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1/2 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice

Preparation

1. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and stir in sugar and salt until dissolved. Cool.
2. Add lemon zest and juice.
3. Pour into 2 metal ice cube trays with dividers removed, or a metal bowl, or a 9-inch square baking pan and freeze.
4. After about 1-1/2 hours, remove from freezer and rake a fork through the ice, to fluff it up.
5. Return to freezer for about 2 hours.
6. Remove from freezer about 20 minutes before serving, so ice is easy to scoop.

Tips

An easy way to zest a lemon is to use a grater with small holes and grate the peel off the lemon directly over a bowl to it. Be sure to use only the colored part of the peel. 1 lemon yields approximately 1 tablespoon zest. Zest is best grated fresh and used immediately.

Contributed by: Quick & Kosher, JAMIE GELLER