Seville orange sorbet

There are several food items I get excited about. And this is one of them:
there's the new flavour of seville orange; the new flavour of Vin Santo; and the new machine (ice-cream maker).
That's a lot of schizz to be excited about.


I saved up my tips from the cafe and got the ice-cream maker. Kerching.
I froze the ice-cream maker bowl overnight then made this recipe from Waitrose for Seville Orange Sorbet. I swapped Cointreau for Vin Santo- as we had the latter in the house and I thought it would be delicious. It is. It adds a herbal note which is just gorgeous.

The sorbet set to a good consistency in the machine, then we put it in the freezer overnight. This evening, it was perfect: set so you could scoop it, not an ice-block, and really really cold.

The oranges are deeply deeply flavoursome - sharp, bitter - alongside the sugar and depth of flavour of the Vin Santo. The freezing temperature cuts through the sugar taste too, and its all balanced. This is a total winner. One of my favourite things yet.

More sorbets, frozen yoghurts and ice-creams on the way :) tho' summer time (and the fruits) will clearly allow it come into its own. Very exciting.