Bavaroise
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
"In the A flat andante, flowing like sweet honey, the waiter brings him, instead of coffee, a bavaroise; in the defiant C major Beethoven bellows out for his coffee: the waiter looks anxiously around, and, after a time again brings the bavaroise, but this time milled with “Obers.”"
- 2 A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine. proscribed, sometimes
"Saint Foix had a duel with a gentleman, whom he saw at the Café Procope, eating a bavaroise."
Example
More examples"In the A flat andante, flowing like sweet honey, the waiter brings him, instead of coffee, a bavaroise; in the defiant C major Beethoven bellows out for his coffee: the waiter looks anxiously around, and, after a time again brings the bavaroise, but this time milled with “Obers.”"
Etymology
Borrowed from French bavarois, from Bavière (“Bavaria”).
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