Zabaglione

//ˌzɑbəlˈjoʊni// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled wordnet

Synonyms

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sabayon

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zabaglione, zabaione, possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”) (from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

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egg yolk

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