italian dessert recipes

Lemon Sauce Recipe



This lemon sauce recipe is fresh fantastic and relatively easy. There are several Italian dessert recipes on this site that work real well with this sauce. They are:

  • Spice Cake


  • Lemon Pound Cake


  • Coconut Cake Recipe


  • Sour Cream Cake Recipe


  • Yogurt Cake




    • See the FAQs about this recipe listed in the section below.

    The Recipe

    YIELD:Makes about 1 cup

    Ingredients:



    * 1 tablespoon cornstarch

    * 1/2 cup granulated sugar

    * a dash salt

    * 1 cup boiling water

    * 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

    * Juice 1 lemon - you want about 2 -3 tablespoons (this doesn't have to be exact)

    Procedure



    * In a sauce pan combine cornstarch, sugar, and salt.

    * Blend it real well.

    * Stir in the boiling water.

    * Over medium heat and cook this and stay there to stir it constantly.

    * Once it begins to boil turn the heat down so it can simmer for 5 minutes.

    * Remove from heat and add the lemon zest and the fresh lemon juice.










    Can I use the lemon in a bottle?

    Absolutely not! This really needs the fresh lemon flavor.

    What Italian cakes does this go with?

    lemon sauce recipe Back to the top of the lemon sauce recipe.




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    Lisa Gianotti Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are:

    FAST

    Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture)

    And freeze-aheads

    A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist)

    Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5)

    Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum)

    Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that.

    Lisa


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