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🥗 A side dish 🍰 A fancy dessert
entremets

entremets

9.9
A dessert of layers of mousse and sponge served on a plate with a shiny glaze
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːntrəˈmeɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : entremés
  • Her baking blog teaches how to assemble layered entremets with sponge, mousse, and crunchy praline.

Examples

  • Guests praised the restaurant's seasonal entremets finished with mirror glaze and edible flowers.

  • The pastry chef presented elegant entremets made of chocolate mousse and raspberry gel.

  • The chef prepared a stunning entremets for the dinner party.

  • Have you ever tasted a chocolate entremets?

  • The pastry chef presented elegant entremets made of chocolate mousse and raspberry gel.

  • Guests praised the restaurant's seasonal entremets finished with mirror glaze and edible flowers.

  • Her baking blog teaches how to assemble layered entremets with sponge, mousse, and crunchy praline.

Synonyms

mousse
vsentremets
18 3.7

A light airy dessert made by whipping cream and egg whites, often with fruit or chocolate

is a multi-layered plated dessert combining fillings, glazes, and decorations
French pastry
vsentremets
2 3.2

A sweet baked treat from France often filled with cream or jam

is a plated composed dessert built from several layers and glossy finishes

How Elaborate

entremets
  • Specialized
9.9
torte
6 5.3
tart
93 1.6
custard
28 1.0

Surface Forms

entremets singular
entremets plural

Etymology

Entremets comes from French parts entre 'between' and mets 'dishes', and chefs later used the name for small, fancy desserts; that's why today an entremets often means a multi-layered plated dessert with soft creamy layers, a shiny glaze, and decoration.