glacé
8.8
Fruit or other food preserved by covering it with sugar
- adjective
- /ɡlɑːˈseɪ/
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glaseado
- The cake was decorated with glacé cherries and almonds.
Examples
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This recipe calls for glacé orange peel to add sweetness and texture.
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She bought a box of glacé fruits to give as a gift.
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The cake was topped with glacé cherries.
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I love glacé fruits in my desserts.
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The cake was decorated with glacé cherries and almonds.
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This recipe calls for glacé orange peel to add sweetness and texture.
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She bought a box of glacé fruits to give as a gift.
Synonyms
candied
vsglacé
9
3.0
Covered in sugar so it lasts longer, like fruit or nuts
focuses on sugar coating used in confectionery and baking rather than syrup use
5.1
Fruits kept in sugar with a hard shiny coating
is preserved with sugar without emphasis on forming a crystalline texture
How Sugary
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word glacé comes from the French word glace meaning 'ice' or 'glaze', and you can see the same idea in the English word glaze, which means a shiny coating. So glacé fruit is fruit 'glazed' or 'iced' with sugar to make it sweet and shiny and help it last longer.