A sponge cooked in a charlotte mould, then cut horizontally in slices which are sandwiched with chestnut cream, iced with coffee fondant icing and pistachio nuts.
An aboyeur is a French word for a barker, the person who accepts the orders from the dining room and relays them to the kitchens, most often by shouting. Feminine is aboyeuse. It comes from aboyer, to bark, just as in English and also refers to the man selling his wares in the street by shouting at passers-by.
Persimmons. Date plums. Kaki. A soft, sweet winter fruit similar to a large tomato, originating in China and unknown in Europe until shown in Paris in 1873. It has green skin which ripens to a glossy orange red. It is eaten as a dessert in fruit salads or used in jam (US: jelly).
"To glaze" - it usually implies coating with reduced, strained apricot jam (US: jelly), particularly of pastry. It is so named from the French preference for using apricot jam. However, if another type of jam is used, it is still termed abricoter.
The tree on which the san Domingo apricot or mamey grows.
The tree on which the san Domingo apricot or mamey grows.
