Spoom

{{Short description|Type of sorbet}}

{{Distinguish|Spoon}}

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| name = Spoom

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| caption = A glass of lime-flavoured spoom

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| type = Sorbet

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| main_ingredient = Fruit juice; wine, sherry or port; champagne

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Spoom is a type of frothy sorbet made with a lighter sugar syrup{{cite book |title=Larousse Gastronomique 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=Hamlyn |isbn=978-0-600-62042-6 |page=1013}} than that required for a true sorbet. As it begins to set, it is mixed with half its volume of Italian meringue. Like sorbet, it is made from fruit juice, wine, sherry or port and served in a tall glass (with a few tablespoons of champagne spooned over it).{{Cite web |title=The World's Food |url=https://www.theworldsfood.com/dishes/33470 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.theworldsfood.com}} The name comes from the Italian word spuma, meaning 'foam'. In Italy, spumoni is a light frothy ice cream made with egg whites, a flavouring and whipped cream.{{cite book |first1=Charlotte |last1=Turgeon |first2=Nina |last2=Froud |publisher=Crown Publishers |location=New York |isbn=0-517-50333-6 |year=1961 |title=Larousse gastronomique: the encyclopedia of food, wine & cookery |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/laroussegastrono00mont }}