blancmange

American  

[bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh] / bləˈmɑndʒ, -ˈmɑ̃ʒ /

noun

1. a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.

2. a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

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blancmange British  

/ bləˈmɒnʒ /

noun

1. a jelly-like dessert, stiffened usually with cornflour and set in a mould

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Etymology

Origin of blancmange

1350–1400; apocopated variant of Middle English blancmanger < Middle French: literally, white eating. See blank, manger

Example Sentences

Every time I do, I think of Jo charging into that doomed kitchen with “perfect faith in her own powers” and emerging with blackened bread and lumpy blancmange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

When it was over, I found myself wishing to do good deeds, wanting to taste blancmange, yearning for a new silk dress and a trip to Europe — and full of opinions.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2019

I learned that gelatin salads flow from the traditions of Edwardian vegetable aspics; of ancient, naturally gelled bone broths; of European classics like jellied meats and Bavarian cream and blancmange.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2019

It even included recipes for foreign dishes, such as blancmange.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

The Trunchbull, this mighty female giant, stood there in her green breeches, quivering like a blancmange.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl