| 单词 |
meringue |
| 释义 |
▪ I. meringue1
(məˈræŋ, ‖ mərɛ̃g)
Also 9 erron. marang.
[a. F. meringue (1739 in Hatz.-Darm.), of obscure origin. Cf. Sp. merengue, G. meringe, meringel.]
a. A delicate confection the chief ingredients of which are pounded sugar and whites of eggs. It is made up in small cakes, or spread as an ‘icing’ over fruit, tarts, etc. Also, a small cake made of this. Hence ‖ meringué |mərɛ̃ge|, a dish composed of fruit with meringue; meringued ppl. a., iced with meringue (= F. meringué).
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Meringues (Fr. in Cookery), a sort of Confection made of the Whites of Eggs whipt; fine Sugar, and grated Lemmon-peel, of the bigness of a Wal-nut; being proper for the garnishing of several Dishes. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. II. s.v., Meringue; a small sugar work of great use. 1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery 456 Meringué of Pears... Put the meringue immediately into a moderate oven, and bake it half an hour. 1859Eng. Cookery Bk. 299 Meringued Apples. Pare and core some large pippin apples,..cover them all over with a meringue put on in tablespoonfuls. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. (1887) 90 There were also marangs, and likewise custards. 1892Encycl. Cookery I. 933 Meringue consists essentially of whites of eggs beaten with caster sugar to a froth, and then set in a quick oven. 1896Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother 8 He..insisted on her partaking of a large glass of iced lemonade, and three meringues.
b. meringue (à la) Chantilly: a meringue filled with Chantilly cream; also fig.
1901C. H. Senn New Cent. Cookery Bk. xxvii. 561 Meringues à la Chantilly... Fill the shells with whipped cream sweetened with vanilla sugar. 1949New Statesman 15 Oct. 422/2 The food in the cafeteria is excellent, but it is in the dining-room that you get the Meringues Chantilly. 1959Listener 2 July 39/1 For the meringues Chantilly take 3 egg whites. 1962K. O'Hara Double Cross Purposes i. 5 An incredible figure wearing fly-leg heels, a meringue-chantilly hat and a pint of perfume. 1970Simon & Howe Dict. Gastron. 264/1 (heading) Meringue Chantilly.
▪ II. meringue2
var. merengue. |
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