Instructions: Choose very ripe juicy peaches or nectarines for this recipe; if they are very firm dont even bother because this recipe will yield ghastly results. Prepare 2 of the fruits and freeze the chunks on a baking sheet, taking care that they do not touch each other. Prepare the other 3 fruits and refrigerate the chunks.

Put the frozen fruit chunks, refrigerated fruit chunks, lemon juice, and 1/4 CUP of the apple juice into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth, adding additional apple juice as needed for smooth blending and texture. You may require 1 cup of apple juice or more in all.

Add sweetener (if necessary) to taste and blend in. If you pick good ripe juicy peaches or nectarines, you should not need any sweetener at all.

Serve immediately.

Put the other 2/3 in your refrigerator (in a covered bowl is fine)

When the 1/3 is frozen (wait for it!), dump both the frozen and refrigerated chunks into your food processor or blender, along with about 1/2-3/4 cup apple juice and 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice (youll need to experiment)

Puree away! As soon as the fruit is pretty well pulverized, stop pureeing and slowly add confectioners sugar, blending each time, until it is to your taste.

The sorbet is immediately ready to eat; perfect consistency. This makes it a great after-dinner dessert when you have company over; you can take it from freezer/fridge to serving in ( 5 minutes.

Caution: If you use very very ripe peaches, for example, you may not need much confectioners sugar at all - always taste before you begin adding sugar.

NOTES : Eat all this at one sitting; it gets rock-hard if refrozen

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