Gooseberry Sherbet

Fruit-flavoured water ices, known as ‘sorbets’ to the French and ‘sherbets’ to the Arabs, have been known since the thirteenth century. They were invented by the Chinese, brought to Europe by Marco Polo, and perfected by the Italians. Apparently the first water ices in England were created by Charles I’s Italian chefs, but it took another few centuries before sorbets or ice-creams became common in the British tradition.

However, sherbets are not the