Pomegranate Sorbet

Sometimes during the middle of the day, if our mothers let us out when we should have been resting, we’d go and steal pomegranates, prickly pears, cherries and whatever other fruit was in season while the farmers were having their riposino (midday naps). Between 1 and 4 p.m., the hottest part of the day, was the only time the farmers weren’t in their fields, so we’d feast on as much fruit as we could, which in the heat of the day often left us feeling decidedly unwell, but it never s