“Take a deep breath, get ready to roll your Rs in exuberant Italian fashion and say joyfully with me ‘Sgroppino’! It’s a word, pronounced ‘zgrrrroppeeno’, that I delight in saying, although my pleasure is not purely linguistic, for it is a heavenly concoction, unlike anything else. For all that, it is ridiculously simple, requiring only three ingredients: an excellent lemon sorbet, vodka and prosecco. This is something you will learn to freestyle happily – after all, weighing scoops of sorbet does feel a little ridiculous, for all that I did do so in order to hit upon the precisely right balance. It seemed more helpful, too, to give quantities for each glass of Sgroppino, since it’s easier to multiply than divide. And multiply you shall!”