: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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One of the desserts that will be savored included a bombe glacée cardinal, a vanilla ice cream featuring Kentish raspberry sorbet and lightly poached Victoria plums.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That roster includes dishes like foie gras truffle with charred onion jam and a house croissant; a wild boar belly and antelope with pistachio, fermented harissa, and yogurt; and an Asian pear sorbet with aloe sabayon and ginger tapioca.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
As the ice cream evolution continues, stadiums are seeing the artisan concept grow and an international influence come into play, especially with sorbets and gelato must-haves in some regions (Slotterback says the demand for ice cream is the strongest in the Northeast and South).
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pair dragon fruit—the pink, mildly sweet flesh of the funky tropical fruit—with mini dragon egg-sized scoops of melon sorbet and effervescent Prosecco.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That roster includes dishes like foie gras truffle with charred onion jam and a house croissant; a wild boar belly and antelope with pistachio, fermented harissa, and yogurt; and an Asian pear sorbet with aloe sabayon and ginger tapioca.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
As the ice cream evolution continues, stadiums are seeing the artisan concept grow and an international influence come into play, especially with sorbets and gelato must-haves in some regions (Slotterback says the demand for ice cream is the strongest in the Northeast and South).
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Pair dragon fruit—the pink, mildly sweet flesh of the funky tropical fruit—with mini dragon egg-sized scoops of melon sorbet and effervescent Prosecco.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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