Lemon Fiesta
by Tarla Dalal
23 Sep 2014
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Creamy, tangy and chill, Lemon Fiesta has all that it takes to send a refreshing twang down your spine on a tiring summer’s day! Ice-cream softened with whipped cream and pepped up with lemon rind and lemon essence is served atop a tongue-tingling lemon sauce, with a simple yet suitable garnish of mint leaves. Indeed, the Lemon Fiesta is a dessert that rejuvenates your mind and body.
Lemon Fiesta recipe - How to make Lemon Fiesta
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Makes 4 glasses
For The Lemon Sauce
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp grated lemon rind
a few drops lemon essence
a drop of lemon yellow colour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp cornflour
1 tsp butter
Other Ingredients
2 cups vanilla ice-cream , softened
1 cup beaten whipped cream
a few drops of lemon essence
1/4 tsp lemon rind
For The Garnish
a few mint sprigs
Method
For the lemon sauce
How to proceed
For the lemon sauce
- For the lemon sauce
- Combine the sugar and ½ cup of water in a broad non-stick pan and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Combine the cornflour and 2 tbsp of water in a small bowl and mix well till the cornflour dissolves completely. Add it to the pan, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes or till the sauce thickens to a coating consistency, while stirring continuously.
- Remove from the flame, add the butter and mix well.
- Allow the mixture to cool slightly, add the lemon juice, lemon rind, lemon essence and lemon yellow colour and mix well. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- Combine the vanilla ice-cream, beaten whipped cream, lemon essence and lemon rind in a deep bowl and fold gently.
- Fill the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.
- Pour 2 tbsp of the lemon sauce into a stemmed glass and pipe out ¼ of the ice-cream-whipped cream mixture over it.
- Repeat step 3 to make 3 more glasses and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Serve chilled garnished with mint sprigs.
Nutrient values per glass
| Energy | 298 cal |
| Protein | 3.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 39.6 g |
| Fiber | 0.4 g |
| Fat | 14.1 g |
| Cholesterol | 1.9 mg |
| Vitamin A | 24.1 mcg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B2 | 0 mg |
| Vitamin B3 | 0.3 mg |
| Vitamin C | 4.4 mg |
| Folic Acid | 6.7 mcg |
| Calcium | 138.7 mg |
| Iron | 0.2 mg |
| Magnesium | 4.9 mg |
| Phosphorus | 6.8 mg |
| Sodium | 16.9 mg |
| Potassium | 38 mg |
| Zinc | 0.1 mg |
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