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| à la mode |
served with an ice cream topping, as pie or other desserts, or braised with vegetables and served in a rich brown gravy, as beef. [1/2 definitions] |
| crème brûlée |
(French) a rich egg custard with a topping of caramelized sugar. |
| crepe |
a thin pancake, often served with a filling or topping. [1/5 definitions] |
| crisp |
a baked fruit dessert with a crisp crumb topping. [1/7 definitions] |
| escallop |
to bake (cut or sliced food) in sauce, often with a breadcrumb topping, and sometimes in scallop shells. [1/2 definitions] |
| meringue |
egg whites beaten stiff with sugar and sometimes flavoring, used to form a pastry shell or as a topping on other baked foods. |
| streusel |
a topping of crumbly texture for coffeecake, sweet breads, or the like, made from flour, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes finely chopped nuts. |
| whipped cream |
a rich sweet cream, made stiff by beating and used as a topping or filling for desserts. |
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