Marzipan. This is composed of equal weights of ground almonds and icing sugar. It is used in the decoration of cakes and as a wrap for cakes to help keep them moist.
A sauce of sweetened milk flavoured with almond essence and thickened with cornflour (US: corn starch).
Syrup made from almonds ground and mixed with orgeat and used for sweetening and flavouring cocktails and desserts.
A casserole from Northumberland of gammon layered with lots of onion and potatoes, flavoured with mustard and baked.
Alose. Allis shad. A freshwater shad, from a family of white, migratory fish. The shad is a bony, tasty, oily fish similar to herring, which travels up rivers in spring and is found in deep lakes. In France it is found in the Gironde where it is often grilled over vine shoots or stuffed with sorrel, and in the Loire, where it may be stuffed with beurre blanc. The roe is a great delicacy and shad is also used raw in sushi. Members of the family include Allis shad (Alosa alosa) and the smaller twaite shad or gizzard shad (Alosa fallax).
A generic term for wheels of semihard to hard cheese made with cow’s milk similar to Emmental. They have a springy yellow paste with a few holes and dense, tough dry rind with traces of bloom or mould. They are made in the high mountains of Bavaria. These cheeses are made with whole milk and contain 45% fat (dry)/27% (total). The curds are cooked and pressed. They may weigh 20-50kg (44-110 lbs). There are countless numbers of these cheese, often bearing the words "alp" or "berg" as part of their name.
