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amandine
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amandine \A*man"dine\, n. [F. amande almond. See Almond .] The vegetable casein of almonds. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc. [1913 Webster] ||
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Amandine is a Romanian chocolate sponge cake filled with chocolate or almond cream . They can be cut and then covered in a soft chocolate cream or they can be topped with a hard chocolate glaze.
Usage examples of amandine.
At the head of six hundred dragoons, the King hastened to the convent and at once rescued the prior, sending the good old monks of Sainte Amandine to Citeaux, and dispersing the rebellious young ones among the Carthusian and Trappist monasteries.
Fillet of sole amandine was tasteless, decomposed, and swimming in broth, and the almonds had not browned.
It was late, we were exhausted, so we had a bite from room service (soft shell crabs Amandine, oysters and bacon en brochette, parfait praline), bathed, and so to bed.
I had had it at Rusterman's, where they call it ris de veau amandine, and Fritz's is always better.
After the braised fennel amandine and the tossed salad with nasturtium seeds, and the chestnut puree in meringue nests, and the demitasse, Qwilleran reached in his pocket for his pipe and drew forth the turquoise beetle that Koko had found near the waterfront.