Dacquoise

//dækˈwɑːz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.

    "Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote."

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"Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote."

Etymology

From French dacquoise, feminine of dacquois (“from the French town of Dax”), the origin of the dessert.

Related phrases

whipped cream

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