Sorbet de Lavande en Tulipes

I had always wanted to devise a lavender sorbet using the fresh flowers from my French lavender bushes. And one autumn when I returned from France I discovered that the Country Gentlemen’s Association had published this recipe from John McGeever, head chef at Congham Hall in lavender-growing Norfolk. I love it but a friend said the taste reminded him of being in a nightclub at 3 o’clock in the morning ! The sorbet is even more beguiling served in these fragile biscuits that