Nieve de Pepino

Name: Nieve de Pepino
Yield: makes 3 to 3 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; 2 whole arbol chiles (optional); 2 large seedless English cucumbers, washed, unpeeled, coarsely chopped; Juice of 1/2 lemon; Juice of 1 lime; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 egg whites

December 14, 2011

Sliced cucumbers mixed with salt, lime, and chile are often eaten in Mexico as a snack and are even sold at movie theaters. I was about thirteen when I first tried this combination as a sorbet on a warm day in Cuernavaca. Well, this time the flavor of the cucumber was heightened with a little sugar, and the sorbet was topped with a mixture of chile and lime. I’ve included the chiles in the sorbet itself, by infusing them in the syrup; however, you can always sprinkle some powdered chile on top after it has set.

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