Sorbet Bar/Station

MrsKKennedy

As of yesterday I have decided to skip serving dinner since the reception won't start until 7:30 or 8 and instead have small stations set up all around. There will be jellies/jams, cheeses, meats, crackers, breads, fruits, salad, desserts and I am still trying to brainstorm on other ideas. I have decided that I want to have a sorbet bar/station yet I cannot find any ideas for one. I have already figured out buying different flavors is the first step, but that's the easy part. Should I just leave it at that or should I add other things like toppings, etc. I know when I was a kid we would add sprite to our sorbet, kind of like a coke float only with sorbet instead of ice cream. I would like to pick everyones brain though... Does anyone else have any ideas?

melb2013

I love the sorbet idea.  I've always had a dairy allergy so I'm used to putting tons of stuff on sorbet, like you would with ice cream.  How about crushed candies?  Fruit?  I love chocolate sprinkles on orange sorbet  Chocolate sorbet and cantaloupe is awesome!

jessicabessica

When is your ceremony starting?  If people are getting to the ceremony at 6:30 or 7, I think you need to serve dinner.  You can still do the smaller stations, just make sure that you have enough substantial food to constitute a meal. I would consider adding some hot food, like a pasta station.

As for the sorbet, I like the idea of making it like a soda station so people can make floats.  I would also have some fruit toppings available, and maybe some fruit syrups (as well as chocolate syrup).

Sue-n-Kevin

We had an ice cream sundae bar with 3 basic types of ice cream, and I added a half gallon of raspberry sorbet just because I love it.

I had the person attending the ice cream bar put a scoop of the sorbet in my champagne glass, then I put champagne over it.......it was to die for! So, for the adults, that's an idea. Have bottles of champagne and tall flutes or water glasses available along with spoons.

Try to find a local ice cream company that makes sorbets. This company local to us (Ray's Ice Cream) makes several types of sorbets, raspberry, mango, coconut, lemon. They only sell locally, but I'm sure there are places near your location. It will be far better and cheaper than buying the smallish containers at stores.

I'd think you could have your caterer make some syrups from real fruit like raspberry syrup, peach syrup, pineapple syrup, etc to put on them. By making them they'd be getting all the pulp and seeds out to make a nice smooth syrup (not hard, I do this at home all the time).  

JoanE2012

I would rethink the no dinner idea.  Guests will expect a meal and a few finger foods won't cut it.

As for the sorbet idea, sounds like a good one!