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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 3/4 cups water
  • 5 stalks fresh lemongrass, bottom 6 inches thinly sliced
  • 2 small mangoes, very thinly sliced
  • Special equipment: an ice-cream maker

Method

  • Bring sugar, water, and sliced lemongrass to a boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
  • Remove from heat and let steep, covered, 20 minutes.
  • Pour syrup through a fine sieve into a metal bowl (discard lemongrass) and chill until cold.
  • Freeze syrup in ice-cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.
  • Serve sorbet with mango slices.