Definitions

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  • noun A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
  • noun A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.

Etymologies

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French bavarois, from Bavière ("Bavaria")

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Examples

  • Required to prepare two rabbits and some vegetables for eight people, as well as invent his own interpretation of an orange bavaroise a cold egg custard, he impressed the judges with his well-balanced flavors and won first prize—an eating trip to Paris.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Required to prepare two rabbits and some vegetables for eight people, as well as invent his own interpretation of an orange bavaroise a cold egg custard, he impressed the judges with his well-balanced flavors and won first prize—an eating trip to Paris.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Neither of us liked the bavaroise, which was a heavy, whipped lobster cream.

    Jean-Pierre Frelet Etienne 2006

  • We both went with the daily menu, since it is much cheaper than à la carte which would be at least 40€ for 3 courses, and for the first time ever we ordered exactly the same thing: the bavaroise de homard, the encornet, and the soupe de fruits.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Etienne 2006

  • Neither of us liked the bavaroise, which was a heavy, whipped lobster cream.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Etienne 2006

  • We both went with the daily menu, since it is much cheaper than à la carte which would be at least 40€ for 3 courses, and for the first time ever we ordered exactly the same thing: the bavaroise de homard, the encornet, and the soupe de fruits.

    Jean-Pierre Frelet Etienne 2006

  • I give you my word, my boy, until I met her I didn't know a woman existed who could talk so damned sensibly about a _bavaroise au rhum_. '

    The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

  • The _bavaroise_ is fresh milk, sugar, and a little Holland gin or rum, -- mixed with the baton-lélé until a fine thick foam is formed.

    Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • I don't think I'll bother making into bavaroise or parfait, as we were served, but I will buy it as a quick snack every now and then.

    Anne's Food 2009

  • Would you like a good bavaroise, or a decanter of orgeat?”

    The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

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  • Usage/historical note (and differentiation between) can be found on bavarois.

    January 18, 2017