Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cake made with layers of nut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream.
  • noun One of the layers of meringue used in this cake.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from feminine of dacquois, of Dax, a town of southwest France.]

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Examples

  • A meringue pastry with nuts is called a dacquoise.

    THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003

  • A meringue pastry with nuts is called a dacquoise.

    THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003

  • A meringue pastry with nuts is called a dacquoise.

    THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003

  • Anyway, today we made a pistachio dacquoise (remember that a dacquoise is a meringue--whipped egg whites--with sugar and nut flour(s) folded into it), an apricot-passion-fruit gelee, some apricot glaze, two sablee dough shells (we didn't get to do those, as the only sablee dough left was too soft to work with, so we'll do it tomorrow), and each of us made an inverted puff pastry recipe and put four turns in the dough.

    Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts Emma Goldman 2005

  • Anyway, today we made a pistachio dacquoise (remember that a dacquoise is a meringue--whipped egg whites--with sugar and nut flour(s) folded into it), an apricot-passion-fruit gelee, some apricot glaze, two sablee dough shells (we didn't get to do those, as the only sablee dough left was too soft to work with, so we'll do it tomorrow), and each of us made an inverted puff pastry recipe and put four turns in the dough.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Emma Goldman 2005

  • The dacquoise was the easiest part because the recipe was originally dairy-free.

    Go Dairy Free 2009

  • The dacquoise was the easiest part because the recipe was originally dairy-free.

    Go Dairy Free 2009

  • Gino Cofacci's mocha dacquoise cake at Trattoria d'Alfredo, NY

    One For The Table: My Food List One For The Table 2011

  • Gino Cofacci's mocha dacquoise cake at Trattoria d'Alfredo, NY

    One For The Table: My Food List One For The Table 2011

  • Chocolate Dacquoise Cake: Rather than flour, a dacquoise cake uses almond flour -- finely ground almonds -- folded into whipped meringue and then baked.

    Dish: Mont Blanc Meet Mount Kinabaru Amy Ma 2011

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  • A skilled chef will manage the pause

    While diners await the dacquoise.

    The tension will build

    Till hopes are fulfilled

    And the room can erupt in applause.

    July 1, 2015