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sabayon

American  
[sa-ba-yawn] / sa baˈyɔ̃ /

noun

  1. zabaglione.


sabayon British  
/ ˌsæbaɪˈjɒn, sabajɔ̃ /

noun

  1. a dessert or sweet sauce made with egg yolks, sugar, and wine beaten together over heat till thick: served either hot or cold

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Etymology

Origin of sabayon

< French < Italian zabaione; zabaglione

Example Sentences

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The state dinner: There will be a stylized California roll and steak with sesame sabayon on the menu for the official meal, with a “bounty of spring” theme.

From New York Times

Say yes to the flaky pastry, sized like a Pop-Tart and draped with frothy sabayon.

From Washington Post

The other snack might be some lightly dehydrated beets brushed with marjoram-infused cream, or tiny grilled carrots that you dip in chamomile sabayon.

From New York Times

We’d had another of oysters with coffee sabayon and a third of Caesar salad made with smoked herring, beneath a snowdrift of grated Parmesan.

From New York Times

It was, in fact, a smoked and lemon-spiked yolk plopped in the center of some “whites” made of Parmesan sabayon.

From New York Times