The Sgroppino was supposedly invented in Venice during the sixteenth century and was served after dinner or as a palate cleanser between courses. At the time wealthy Venetians kept an ice house and the kitchen staff were able to make sorbetto. The name Sgroppino comes for the Italian word sgropare, in Ventian dialect sgropin, meaning to untie a knot, referring to knots in the stomach following a multi-course dinner. A sweet after dinner drink was thought to help the digestion.
This Sgroppino is served in Isabel Antonia Giampietro’s Narcisso glass designed in 1957.