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🍨 A meringue dessert 🧀 A soft cheese
vacherin

vacherin

1 9.8
A dessert of crisp meringue filled with whipped cream and ice cream
  • noun
translation icon : vacherin
  • I ordered a delicious vacherin for dessert.

Examples

  • The chef prepared a delicate vacherin with layers of meringue and vanilla ice cream.

  • For dessert she ordered a rich vacherin topped with fresh berries and whipped cream.

  • Guests enjoyed the frozen vacherin at the end of the summer dinner party.

  • Have you ever tried a vacherin?

  • For dessert, we ordered a delicious vacherin topped with strawberry sauce.

  • At the restaurant, the vacherin was served alongside fresh berries and whipped cream.

  • She made a delightful vacherin, layering fluffy meringue with rich ice cream.

How Frozen

ice cream
403 1.0
vacherin
1 9.8
pavlova
1 7.5
meringue
22 6.8

Surface Forms

vacherin singular
vacherins plural

Etymology

Vacherin for the dessert comes from French vache ('cow') and vacher ('cowherd'), a clue to its rich dairy ingredients. The layers of meringue, whipped cream and ice cream are full of milk and cream, so the name helps you remember it is a very creamy, dairy dessert.