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DESSERT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dish served as the last course of a meal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dessert" is a kind of...):
course (part of a meal served at one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dessert"):
mold; mould (a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold)
sabayon; zabaglione (light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled)
tiramisu (an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate)
sillabub; syllabub (sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor)
pud; pudding ((British) the dessert course of a meal ('pud' is used informally))
pudding (any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed)
whip (a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit)
peach melba (ice cream and peaches with a liqueur)
pavlova (a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream)
mousse (a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream)
junket (dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet)
frozen dessert (any of various desserts prepared by freezing)
flan (open pastry filled with fruit or custard)
dumpling (dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry)
compote; fruit compote (dessert of stewed or baked fruit)
charlotte (a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard)
blancmange (sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded)
baked Alaska (cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven)
ambrosia (fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut)
Context examples:
Blueberry powder, on the other hand, did not prevent melt-down or ice crystal formation during refreezing, and the frozen dessert showed a little wheying off.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
While blackberry powder prevented the frozen dessert from wheying off the foam structure still collapsed so it lost its original shape.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
Freeze-dried berry powder will absorb moisture from the premix base, improving its stability and texture to the point where the frozen dessert will keep its shape even after melting to room temperature.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
We discovered that some of the freeze-dried fruit powders—especially strawberries—completely prevent the melt-down of dairy frozen desserts similar to ice cream made with whole milk, whole whipping cream, sugar and skim milk powder, Bilbao-Sainz said.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
Freeze-dried strawberry powder is so effective a stabilizer that frozen dairy desserts with it included will maintain their shape even after reaching room temperature, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research food technologist Cristina Bilbao-Sainz with the Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit in Albany, California.
(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)
