Making Some Italian Ice Deserts - A Few Recipes

Each country throughout the world is famous for something that they are good at. For instance, when it comes to cuisines, Italy is known for their pasta and their delicious Italian ice treats. If you have always wanted to try some of these treats, try making them yourself. Here are a few easy recipes.

Basic

Needed:

2 cups of water, 1 cup of orange, lemon, or pineapple 1 and ¼ cups of sugar, and a maraschino cherry to garnish

Procedure:

Mix sugar and water first and then use a saucepan to boil them. Make sure that you continually stir the mixture until you don't see any crystals of sugar anymore. Once sugar is completely dissolved, let it cool. Get the juice that you have prepared and then add it in the mixture gradually. After that, transfer it in a container then pop it in the freezer. Wait for about 4 hours. Make sure that you check it regularly and try stirring it until you see that it is completely frozen. Once it is frozen, you are now ready to serve the treat.

Making Fruit Juice

What you will need:

4 cups of distilled water. Tap water will also do. 2 cups of refined sugar or any type, 2 cups of juice of any flavor you like.

Steps:

Mix 4 cups of water and sugar in a saucepan. Put on top of the flame and let it heat up. Continually stir the mixture until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. Then let it boil for about 5 minutes. Set aside and let it cool. Once it has cooled down, you can then add your juice and then put in the freezer. Then stir it occasionally until frozen.

Fruit Punch

Ingredients:

A bottle of sprite or 7 up soda, a bottle of fruit punch preferrably chilled, 3-5 Italian ice of your favorite flavors.

Steps:

Mix the fruit punch and the sprite or 7up in a container. Then let the Italian Ice float on top and serve.

Lemon

Ingredients:

Approximately ¾ pounds of granulated sugar, 1 pint of clean water, 3 large ripe lemons, approximately ½ teaspoon of grated lemon peel.

Steps:

Mix water, sugar and lemon peel in a saucepan and boil them together. Simmer uncovered for about ten minutes. Then, remove from heat and let it cool. Squeeze the lemons and remove the seeds if there are any. Add the lemon juice to the cooled syrup. Add sugar if there is any need to. To neutralize the level of acidity in the food, water can be added. Put in freezer while stirring it occasionally to make it fluffy.

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