The Epicurean
A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894
No. 3521

American Sherbet

Sorbet a l'Americaine

Prepare some glasses of ice, using molds as shown herewith (Fig. 653), they being made in two pieces which, when unmolded, are joined together. Fill them just when ready to serve with this preparation. Have ready a water ice of one quart of water, one pound of sugar, the peel of two oranges and of one lemon, the juice of eight oranges and of six lemons; boil to attain sixteen degrees, pass through a fine sieve, then freeze, incorporating into the ice when about serving a quarter of a bottleful of American champagne mixed with two gills of kirsch and one of prunelle.