Tony Shrooms Lime Ice.

A few weeks ago I went to the local folk fest. A nice day of listening to pretty terrible music and people watching. Hanging out in the shade and just enjoying my friends and being outside. Anthony suggested we get some ices, and this was something I could totally get down with. The line was long, but there was nothing else to do. I don't remember the specific flavors but I know I got a lemon ice, Jen might have gotten lemon and cherry, Anthony got 2 lemons. There was probably chocolate and blue as well. Blue, I assume, is raspberry. So, while in line Anthony thought out loud about how good a lime ice would be. I thought this was a great idea, and a few weeks later I got around to making one.
The first step was to make a simple syrup. One cup of sugar and one cup of water get combined and heated until the sugar is all dissolved. In the meantime I zested four limes and juiced what I think was about ten limes. I tossed half the zest in to the syrup in hopes to infuse the syrup with some extra lime flavor. Then I stuck the syrup in the frigerator.



I gave the syrup a little longer to chill, and gave myself a nice afternoon nap. When I woke up a few hours later I mixed about two thirds of a cup of the syrup with the juice, added a bit more water, and the remaining lime zest. Then I poured it all into the ice cream machine. A few minutes before it looked ready I added a beaten egg white. Again, I dont know science but from what I understand the egg white stabilizes the mixture and keeps it from freezing into a huge solid ice cube in the freezer.
I couldn't get a nice looking picture of the finished ice, but hopefully I'll get around to taking a nice picture of Tony Shrooms enjoying it.