praline

[ prah-leen, prey-, prah-leen ]

/ ˈprɑ lin, ˈpreɪ-, prɑˈlin /

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noun

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

Words nearby praline

Prajapati, prajna, Prajnā-Paramita, Prakrit, prakriti, praline, pralltriller, pram, pramipexole, prana, pranava

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How to use praline in a sentence

Her love of all things chocolate goes all the way back to her childhood, when she’d build ladders out of kitchen chairs to get at her mother’s hidden chocolate stash and spend her pocket money on imported praline eggs and salted caramel bars.
Meet the 'Chief Chocolate Officer' Behind Dubai's Favorite Sweet Treats|Nicola Chilton|February 1, 2022|Time
Spoiler: you may think twice before getting another Grande Chestnut Praline Latte.
What's Really In That Holiday Drink?|The Daily Beast Video|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Elodie went into realistic details of the wreck of the gold stopping on the praline stuffing of a chocolate.
The Mountebank|William J. Locke
Pistache Ice Cream Praline, molded in a ring, the center filled with whipped cream.
The Century Cook Book|Mary Ronald

If making coffee pralin, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder (see below).
The Century Cook Book|Mary 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 Book|Mary Ronald
Keep the praline powder in a close preserve jar ready for use.
The Century Cook Book|Mary Ronald

British Dictionary definitions for praline

praline

/ (ˈprɑːliːn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for praline

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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