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  • A sorbetto is the Italian way of saying sorbet, a frozen dessert that is usually fairly intense in flavor and creamy in texture, but containing no dairy products, or even dairy substitutes.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • A sorbetto is the Italian way of saying sorbet, a frozen dessert that is usually fairly intense in flavor and creamy in texture, but containing no dairy products, or even dairy substitutes.

    TWO VERY DIFFERENT SUMMER SORBETTOS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008

  • This kind of preparation was first refined in 17th-century Italy, which gave us the term sorbet via sorbetto from the Arabic sharab, or “syrup”.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • This kind of preparation was first refined in 17th-century Italy, which gave us the term sorbet via sorbetto from the Arabic sharab, or “syrup”.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • i don't buy this. because, see, there already is this other chilly bliss that the italians call 'sorbetto', and this weird odd cup-o-pinkberry-and-pink-stuff ain't it. it's not new, we've known about it for years. here in the states, we call it 'sorbet', and it doesn't come with a straw.

    Archive 2008-07-01 tannaz 2008

  • i don't buy this. because, see, there already is this other chilly bliss that the italians call 'sorbetto', and this weird odd cup-o-pinkberry-and-pink-stuff ain't it. it's not new, we've known about it for years. here in the states, we call it 'sorbet', and it doesn't come with a straw.

    the thing about sorbetto tannaz 2008

  • I'd like a little sorbetto made of brain amuse-bouche, amuse-bouche, he will peel you like a mango

    Bohemian Radioactivity Zombaritaville 2009

  • I'd like a little sorbetto made of brain amuse-bouche, amuse-bouche, he will peel you like a mango

    Archive 2009-07-29 Zombaritaville 2009

  • Then suddenly, out of the blue one hot Italian summer, I found myself craving the clean, sharp refreshment that only a sorbetto di limone could provide.

    How to make perfect lemon sorbet 2011

  • "I'll also have baby artichokes and the amazing lemon sorbetto."

    Lunch, Italian Style 2011

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