Fancy glasses

One of the great pleasures of making sorbets is that I now have an excuse to buy fancy glasses in vide greniers and in Emmaus. I have been collecting  funny little glasses with a thick bottom to the bowl, they are quite old but not very fine glass. There is one in the photograph between the pink glass and the polish bowls. The glasses with the thick base are not  really for serving sorbets although they work very well for palette cleansing, intense flavours, between courses. Someone once told me they were designed for toast-masters so that they wouldn't over do the drinking while looking as if they had a normal glass. It sounds plausible but I have no idea if it is true.

 My friend Sarah gave me some very delicate fine glass dishes that are perfect for dinner parties, she found them in our local brocante in Maurs and they are etched with little bunches of grapes. The rims are so fine and delicate that I am rather precious about using them.

My everyday sorbet glasses are the robust green ones, and my most favourite are the clouded pink ones. Both of which hold a good two scoops and go in the dish washer, what more could one want.

I did think this would probably be my last blog as it is autumn now and sorbet love is fading, but I realised I never put in the recipe for lavender sorbet. This was the reason for buying my ice cream maker. Also blackberries are now plentiful and rose hips and my scented rose has had another burst of blossom following a good soaking of rain so I will be back.