sorbet. or maybe sherbet..
The sorbet dish served before the entrée is called a "palate cleanser." It is typically served between courses to refresh the palate and prepare the taste buds for the next dish. Sorbet, being light and often fruity, is an ideal choice for this purpose.
These are some things used as a palate cleanser between courses: * In many cultures and it's becoming popular fruit is used to pick away at during different courses of a meal. Watermelon; other melons; cold grapes; apple wedges, etc. * Ice water should be served to help cleanse the palate. Often 'wine' tasters will drink a bit of water before trying another wine. * In the Japanese Culture there is a noddle salad with cucumber, lemon, vinegar and shrimp and this cleases the palate as well. * Some cultures will service a herbal or lemon tea.
For a formal dinner, you usually start with a soup course , then the main course , and lastly dessert. In some countries , salad is seved as a replacement for the soup course , or as a second course , or alongside the main course. In some countries, there used to be a glace or sherbert [or sorbet ] served between the soup and main courses as a palate cleanser. Nowadays, you will probably never see this except at a State dinner .
Before or After the entree. In a typical 7 course meal it is served before the Meat Entree. In a classical 7 course meal it was served AFTER the Meat Entree. In restaurant service it is usually served after the appetizer, and/or soup. The most common mistake is the serving order of a 7 course meal, however most people won't mind or even know the proper service order, which is as follows. aperatif or cocktail 1st course Appetizer(hot or cold) 2nd course Soup (served with an appropriate wine) 3rd course Fish (served with a white wine) 4th course Palate cleanser (something acidic, no more than a mouthful, fruit maybe) 5th course Entree (usually a meat dish, with a hot vegetable)(served with a dry red or rose wine) 6th course Salad or cold vegetable (if cream dressings are used provide a dry bread or cracker before serving dessert, to cleanse the palate) ***6 1/2 course (cheese course) to cleanse the palate before dessert 7th course Dessert (often served with a cordial) *Bread should be available from soup to salad and changing breads with each course isn't unusual ** the salad course is often expected by some after the soup as it would be in restaurant service, this is not proper and should never be served before the fish course. ***a cheese course is not traditional but often added after the 6th or 7th course There does exist differences of opinion of how these courses should be served, and whether beverages should be changed with each course. see links below.
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Espresso is served with sparkling water to cleanse the palate and enhance the flavors of the coffee. The carbonation in the water helps to refresh the taste buds and prepare them to fully appreciate the rich and intense flavors of the espresso.