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To make the sorbet, beat yolks thoroughly.
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Add sugar and salt, and combine well.
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Split vanilla beans, remove seeds and reserve for another use.
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Heat milk and cream together with vanilla-bean pods until mixture is hot but not boiling.
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Stir a little of the hot liquid into the yolk mixture, then return all to milk mixture and cook, stirring, until thick enough to coat back of spoon.
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Strain.
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Add finely grated peel of oranges and cool.
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Put the mixture in an ice-cream machine and process.
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When slushy, add orange juice.
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Blanch julienned pieces of orange peel in boiling water two to three minutes.
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Drain.
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Boil peel in additional water to cover until tender, about five minutes.
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Cool, drain and dry.
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Add to sorbet mixture.
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To assemble, cut off tops of 10 oranges, reserve slices.
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Cut off thin slice from bottom if necessary to make orange stand up.
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Scoop out insides using grapefruit knife.
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Reserve orange sections for other uses.
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Fill shells with sorbet mixture, making indentation in center.
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Place reserved top slice on an angle in the indentation.
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Put in freezer.
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To serve, place filled orange on a large green leaf on dessert plate.
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Spoon cloudberry jam on top of sorbet and serve.