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Zest enough limes to get 2 heaping Tablespoons of zest. Set it aside.
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Use electric juicer to juice a lot of limes. Don't stop until you have 1.25 cups of juice
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(1.25 cups of lime juice requires approximately ten limes, using the rule of thumb that 1 lime yields about 2 Tablespoons juice). Fun fact: there are 16 Tbsp per cup
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Make syrup: pour sugar and water into saucepan, stir together, and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat and boil gently for 5 minutes. Chill the syrup.
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Mix together 2.5 cups well chilled syrup, 1.25 cups lime juice, and 2 Tbsp lime zest. Chill this mixture in an ice bath for 20 minutes
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Transfer chilled mix to the bowl of an ice cream machine, freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
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