ORANGES FILLED WITH SORBET, FOR HALLOWEEN OR FOR ANY TIME

I don't often order dessert when I eat out, but on the menu at one of my favorite restaurants there is an item I usually can't resist:  a frozen lemon filled with lemon sorbet.  Delicious!  So good!  A refreshing dessert to share with someone, like say my nephew, who loves, loves, loves, ice cream or sorbet, any time of the year.  I think it's a nice idea to fill oranges with sorbet too!  If  Halloween is close by, why not cut out jack-o'-lantern faces on the oranges before filling them up?  Big and little kids will love them, and little kids will find carving an orange is  lots easier than carving a pumpkin!  The  oranges will be my Halloween offering to my nephew Alex, who I am sure will be very happy to receive them.  I just hope he is kind enough to share... with me... 

Ingredients:

1. 4 navel oranges
2. 2 pints mango, or strawberry sorbet, softened (or use another flavor that you like.  Just don't try blackberry Cabernet--I did and I threw it out.  Absolutely awful)!
3. some mint leaves

Directions:

• Slice off the top quarter of each orange and reserve it to use as a lid. Using a spoon or small knife, carefully scoop out the interior of the oranges. Reserve the flesh for another purpose.
• If you will serve the oranges for Halloween, draw a jack-o'-lantern face on each orange.  Cut out the features with a small, sharp knife.
• Pack each orange with sorbet, and top it with its "lid." 
• Transfer the oranges to a parchment-lined baking sheet, and place them in the freezer until they are firm.  This should take at least 30 minutes.
• Before serving, top each orange with some mint leaves.  These can be secured with toothpicks.