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Nesselrode pudding

Nesselrode pudding

9.9
A rich frozen dessert with chestnuts, candied fruit, and rum
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : pudín Nesselrode
  • A traditional Nesselrode pudding contains candied fruits and is often flavored with rum.

Examples

  • The chef prepared a classic Nesselrode pudding for dessert at the holiday banquet.

  • Her grandmother's recipe for Nesselrode pudding has been passed down through generations.

  • I love Nesselrode pudding!

  • Have you ever tried Nesselrode pudding?

  • A traditional Nesselrode pudding contains candied fruits and is often flavored with rum.

  • The chef prepared a classic Nesselrode pudding for dessert at the holiday banquet.

  • Her grandmother's recipe for Nesselrode pudding has been passed down through generations.

Synonyms

Nesselrode
vsNesselrode pudding
  • Archaic
9.9

A rich frozen dessert with chopped chestnuts, candied fruit, and maraschino cherries

is the specific dessert version rather than the broader traditional name
frozen pudding
vsNesselrode pudding
4.0

A cold dessert made from custard, nuts, and sometimes a little alcohol, served frozen

focuses on a specific chestnut and fruit recipe rather than a general custard mix

Surface Forms

Nesselrode pudding singular
Nesselrode puddings plural

Morphology

Nesselrode + pudding

The noun 'pudding' clearly signals a dessert and 'Nesselrode' functions as a type-name/modifier, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer this is a kind of pudding (a dessert). While the precise ingredients (chestnuts, cherries, liqueur) are cultural/lexical detail not predictable from the form, the core meaning 'a type of dessert/pudding' is compositionally clear.

Etymology

Nesselrode pudding is named after Count Nesselrode, a Russian noble who was honored at grand dinners. Chefs made a rich frozen mix of chestnuts, cherries and candied fruit for those events, so the name came to mean this special frozen dessert.