Sorbet lessons learned - October 2010

Late season peaches really aren't flavorful enough to make great sorbet.Using honey instead of sugar adds flavor.Using certain types of honey instead of sugar potentially adds a great deal of flavor.As a matter of fact, using certain types of honey instead of sugar adds quite a lot of flavor, which may in fact be more flavor than one actually wants or needs, especially when one is working with late-season peaches that aren't necessarily providing a tremendous amount of flavor on their own.Not knowing precisely how much honey to use instead of sugar and going on the "screw it" model of ingredient proportions may or may not have also had an effect on the final product. Possibly.And finally, being so tired when you make the sorbet that you forget to add the booze (which keeps the damn thing from seizing up into rock-like hardness) is a sign that maybe you shouldn't be making sorbet right now, and should in fact get your sleep-deprived ass to bed before 2 AM once in a while.
This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.









PS-Despite all that, it didn't come out half bad.