: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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That was followed by an intermezzo passion fruit sorbet.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Everything is layered and made of complex patterns, with William Morris prints and hand-marbled boxes in intense colors like peacock blue, goldenrod, raspberry sorbet.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Swap pawpaws for bananas in any banana bread or banana muffin recipe.
Make sorbet, and combine with other fruits to try different flavors.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Another standout are the ice-creams and sorbets made from scratch (the coconut is dangerously moreish).
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Everything is layered and made of complex patterns, with William Morris prints and hand-marbled boxes in intense colors like peacock blue, goldenrod, raspberry sorbet.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Swap pawpaws for bananas in any banana bread or banana muffin recipe.
Make sorbet, and combine with other fruits to try different flavors.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Another standout are the ice-creams and sorbets made from scratch (the coconut is dangerously moreish).
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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