This will serve six persons.
ORANGE SHERBET
1 pint of orange juice
2 tablespoonfuls of gelatin
3/4 pound of sugar
1 pint of water
Cover the gelatin with an extra half cupful of cold water and soak for a half hour. Add the sugar to the pint of water and stir it over the fire until it boils; add the grated yellow rind of two oranges and the juice; strain through a fine sieve and freeze, turning the freezer slowly all the while. Remove the dasher, stir in a meringue made from the white of one egg, and repack to ripen for an hour at least.
This will serve six persons.
MINT SHERBET
2 dozen stalks of spearmint
1/2 pound of sugar
1 quart of water
Juice of three lemons
Strip the leaves from the stalks of the mint, chop them to a pulp and rub them with the sugar. Add the water, bring to a boil, boil five minutes, and, when cold, add three drops of green coloring and the juice of the lemons; strain and freeze, turning slowly all the while.
Serve at dinner with mutton or lamb.
This will serve six persons; in small stem glasses, eight persons.