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Algeria
Cherbet (cherbet el karess, lemon cherbet) is the lemonade of the Algerian Ramadan table, poured at the ftour beside the chorba and the zlabia. Whole lemons are infused or blended with their peel so the drink carries the oils of the skin, then sweetened and lengthened with water; Boufarik, near Algiers, is famous for the best, and people drive out for it in Ramadan. The Algiers version adds a spoon of orange-flower water and a splash of milk to round the acidity; Djouza's economical version boils and freezes the lemons to take the bitterness out of the peel before blending.
The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 ingredients and 4 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.