bavaroise
nounUK /bævəɹˈwɑz/
Etymology Borrowed from French bavarois, from Bavière (“Bavaria”).
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A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
- In the A flat andante, flowing like sweet honey, the waiter brings him, instead of coffee, a bavaroise; in the defiant C major Beethoven bellows out for his coffee: the waiter looks anxiously around, and, after a time again brings the bavaroise, but this time milled with “Obers.”1870 October 22, “Beethoven, Goethe, and Michael Angelo”, in Dwight’s Journal of Music, volume XXX, number 16, pages 329–330:
- Cyrillia always prepares something for me on my return from the beach,—either a little pot of fresh cocoa-water, or a cocoyage, or a mabiyage, or a bavaroise.1890, Lafcadio Hearn, Two Years in the French West Indies, Harper & Brothers, page 348:
2 more examples
- Bavaroise is taken at night before retiring.1894, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 283:
- He ordered himself a bavaroise and he had begun to sip it when he was aware of a presence at his elbow.1934, Rafael Sabatini, Venetian Masque, House of Stratus, published 2001, →ISBN, page 256:
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Proscribed, Sometimes A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
- Saint Foix had a duel with a gentleman, whom he saw at the Café Procope, eating a bavaroise.1857 September, “The Code of Honor”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XV, number LXXXVIII, page 521:
- Pistachio-and-Strawberry Bavaroise1902, Janet McKenzie Hill, Practical Cooking and Serving, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 519:
2 more examples
- A chocolate bavaroise may be made the same as above, adding two ounces of chocolate dissolved in a little water just before the mixture is strained.a. 1914, Lida Seely, Mrs. Seely’s Cook Book, The Macmillan Company, published 1914, page 308:
- There are any number of variants on the classic bavaroise, the most elegant of chilled puddings.2005, Joanne Harris, Fran Warde, The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen, HarperCollins, published 2006, →ISBN, page 196:
- Synonyms
- bavarois, crème bavaroise, Bavarian cream