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

However, he also recalls the "nightmare" that was liver and bacon with cabbage, followed by pink blancmange.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

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

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

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

"My m-m-mummy thinks I look lovely, Miss T-T-Trunchbull," Amanda stuttered, shaking like a blancmange.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl