praline

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

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.

Origin of praline

1715–25; < French; named after Marshall César du Plessis-Praslin (1598–1675), whose cook invented them

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Examples from the Web for praline

Historical Examples of praline

Keep the praline powder in a close preserve jar ready for use.
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
Elodie went into realistic details of the wreck of the gold stopping on the praline stuffing of a chocolate.
The Mountebank
William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for praline

praline

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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Word Origin and History for praline

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.