Crossword clues for amandine
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] ||
Wiktionary
a. (context cooking English) Served with almonds. n. 1 A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds. 2 The vegetable casein of almonds.
Wikipedia
Amandine is a culinary term indicating a garnish of almonds. Dishes of this sort are usually cooked with butter and seasonings, then sprinkled with whole or flaked, toasted almonds. The term is often spelled almondine in American cookbooks.
Green beans, potatoes, fish and asparagus are frequently served amandine.
Amandine may refer to:
- Amandine (cake), a Romanian chocolate sponge cake filled with chocolate or almond cream
- Amandine (culinary term), a French culinary term for a garnish of almonds
- Amandine potato, a type of potato
- Amandine (band), a Swedish, musical band
- Amandine (given name)
Amandine is a French feminine given name, a diminutive for Amanda. It may refer to:
- Amandine Bourgeois (born 1979), a French singer
- Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin (1804–1876), French novelist who wrote under the name "George Sand"
- Amandine Henry (born 1989), a French football player
- Amandine Leynaud (born 1986), a French handball goalkeeper
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.