Lemon-Lime Ice

Name: Lemon-Lime Ice
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes 1 quart)
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups, water; 1 cup (7 ounces/198 grams), sugar; 1/2 cup, lemon juice (3 lemons); 1/2 cup, lime juice (4 limes); 2 tablespoons, tequila (optional); 1/8 teaspoon, table salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2003

Sharp and brassy, lemon ice can be a bitter experience, but it doesn't have to be that way.

SERVES 4 to 6 (Makes 1 quart)

TIME 15 minutes, plus 2 1/2 to 4 hours freezing

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