dacquoise
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dacquoise
< French, feminine of dacquois pertaining to Dax
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Her French studies are revealed in desserts like vacherin with white sesame dacquoise.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
I worked my way up to more elaborate confections, like dacquoise, a hazelnut meringue layered with buttercream frosting, and then to making savory dishes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
The school’s culinary students — all immigrants — had been up all night making a couple-hundred little plates, each with a dainty pineapple dacquoise, for an annual luncheon.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2018
Since then, other confections have vied for my attention, most notably a fanciful little tower of cashew dacquoise sandwiched with buttercream and sweetened with guava.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2018
While the fashionable may have pigged out on dacquoise, white chocolate and tiramisu, what turned on many Americans was a popular perennial: ice cream.
From Time Magazine Archive
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