praline
[prah-leen, prey-, prah-leen]
- a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- a cookie-size confection made especially of butter, brown sugar, and pecans: developed in New Orleans in the early 19th century.
- a similar confection of nuts mixed or covered with chocolate, coconut, maple sugar or syrup, etc.
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Origin of praline
1715–25; < French; named after Marshall César du Plessis-Praslin (1598–1675), whose cook invented them
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Historical Examples
Keep the praline powder in a close preserve jar ready for use.
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
If making coffee pralin, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder (see below).
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
If making chocolate pralin, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder; stir in lightly a pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth.
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
Elodie went into realistic details of the wreck of the gold stopping on the praline stuffing of a chocolate.
The MountebankWilliam J. Locke
praline
- a confection of nuts with caramelized sugar, used in desserts and as a filling for chocolates
- Also called: sugared almond a sweet consisting of an almond encased in sugar
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Word Origin
C18: from French, named after César de Choiseul, comte de Plessis- Praslin (1598–1675), French field marshal whose chef first concocted it
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Word Origin and History for praline
n.
1727, prawlin, from French praline (17c.), from the name of Marshal Duplessis-Praslin (1598-1675, pronounced "praline"), "whose cook invented this confection" [Klein]. Modern spelling in English from 1809.
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