Limoncello & Prosecco Float

Are you a dessert person?

I’m not. I would much rather have some kind of digestif or nightcap (and/or seconds on dinner) than any pie, cake or sweet.

Of course, I realize many people don’t share this preference. People, by and large, love sweets.

So what do you do, as a ‘good host’? Compromise.

Half dessert, half nightcap. Light and lemony. Just sweet enough to satisfy the dessert-lovers, just boozy enough to satisfy the rest (or, in my husband’s case, who will always opt for a nightcap AND dessert, given the opportunity- a one-glass-solution to rule them all).

Oh, and don’t feel like you have to make your own sorbet. I did… but only because buying sorbet, pouring booze over it and calling it ‘food blogging’ seemed like a cop out. But like- that’s all it is.

It is important to note, however, that grocery store lemon sorbet can taste rather artificial. Well-intentioned ‘lemon flavour’ can come across as ‘household cleaner’ flavour instead. This being said, if you can find some good small-batch stuff, you’re probably safe (even Häagen-Dazs Limoncello Gelato works a treat). If you do go the store-bought route, this becomes a quick and easy TWO INGREDIENT dessert. Wow. Yeah.

Finally, if you have an ice-cream maker, by all means use that. I don’t, so I do it old-school style with a fork, some time and lots of love, like a good Italian nona. Molto bene!