Sorbet is lovely in many ways, but the best thing about it is, it's the lack of calories. When you buy sorbet, no one claims to be quenching your hunger. Sorbet takes the first place in the ranking of useless products in terms of nutritional properties: a pinch of sugar, pureed fruit and ice is unlikely to reduce the hunger. It is done solely in order to gratify the taste and refreshment. This puts it on par with the most elegant, decadent and pleasant things in cooking. If you trace the history, after China, he fell into the hands of the Persians and the Arabs who gave the name of the dish - "sorbet" or "sherbet" which is mentioned in fairy tales "Thousand and one nights". Alexander the great during numerous trips enjoyed with berries, frozen in snow that was brought from the mountains of slaves. Then treat tasted the Italians and French, and eventually icy fruit treats have become extremely popular among the nobility all over the world: they cooled the guests and at banquets Eastern sheikhs, and on the feasts of European monarchs.