: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Top the salad with small scoops of sorbet, if desired.
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Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The dessert course features cakes, custard, sorbets and ice cream.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
And for the lactose intolerants among us, the shop sells a few sorbets and a creamy double chocolate chip option.
—Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Regional cactus fruits and desert herbs are a highlight of Tierra’s three-course feasts, including the minty and rosemary-like rica-rica, which is as delicious in a sorbet as a frothy pisco sour.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
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Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The dessert course features cakes, custard, sorbets and ice cream.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
And for the lactose intolerants among us, the shop sells a few sorbets and a creamy double chocolate chip option.
—Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Regional cactus fruits and desert herbs are a highlight of Tierra’s three-course feasts, including the minty and rosemary-like rica-rica, which is as delicious in a sorbet as a frothy pisco sour.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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