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The French word profiterole, 'small profit, gratification', has been used in cuisine since the 16th century. [6] In the 17th century, profiteroles were small hollow bread rolls filled with a mixture of sweetbreads, truffles, artichoke bottoms, mushrooms, pieces of partridge, pheasant, or various poultry, accompanied by garnish.
The word is first attested both in English and in French in the 1860s. [10] [11] Variants. Dunkin' Donuts markets Long John doughnuts as eclairs in the United States ...
This is a list of desserts from the French cuisine. In France, a chef who prepares desserts and pastries is called a pâtissier , who is part of a kitchen hierarchy termed brigade de cuisine (kitchen staff).
The word "dessert" originated from the French word desservir "to clear the table" and the negative of the Latin word servire. [2] There are a wide variety of desserts in western cultures , including cakes , cookies , biscuits , gelatins , pastries , ice creams , pies , puddings , and candies .
Despite this, ice and snow were prized ingredients in ancient cuisines including Japanese, Chinese, Greek and Roman cuisines. [9] The first Western mention of sherbet is an Italian reference to something that Turks drink. [12] The word sherbet entered the Italian language as sorbetto, which later became sorbet in French. [12]
A bombe glacée, or simply a bombe, is a French [1] ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould so as to resemble a cannonball, hence the name ice cream bomb. Escoffier gives over sixty recipes for bombes in Le Guide culinaire. [2] The dessert appeared on restaurant menus as early as 1882. [3]
The meaning of the name ice cream varies from one country to another. In some countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, [1] [2] ice cream applies only to a specific variety, and most governments regulate the commercial use of the various terms according to the relative quantities of the main ingredients, notably the amount of ...
French term for an ice wine. Vin de paille French term for a wine that has been made from dried out grapes such as a straw wine, for example a rare white Vin de paille can be produced in the northern Rhone wine region of the Hermitage AOC from Marsanne. Vin de pays French classification system denoting wines that are above vin de table but ...