fondant Definition
fon·dant (fän′dənt; Fr fōn dän′)
noun
a soft, creamy confection made of sugar, water, and cream of tartar, used as an icing and a candy, and esp. as a filling for other candies
Etymology: Fr < prp. of fondre, to melt: see found
fondant Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- cream: White and dark chocolate fondant with banana ice cream.
- sauce: We finished with the splendid chocolate fondant with pistachio sauce and admired absolutely everything - in a hushed and reverent sort of way.
Converse of object
- produce: It provides a cooling effect in tablets and panned products and can be used to produce fondants.
- bake: Baked chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream and iced strawberry parfait with black peppered strawberries and mint are among the desserts.
Adjective modifier
- chocolate: To finish we only had room to share a single portion of the chocolate fondant.
- hot: I couldn't resist the hot chocolate fondant with its soft, dark, molten interior.
- warm: It's a very clever variant on the warm chocolate fondant with the molten choc oozing out of the sponge.
- dark: White and dark chocolate fondant with banana ice cream.
- sweet: M: grilled angus filet, sweet potato fondant & fine beans; pan-fried filet of red mullet, shellfish risotto & beurre blanc.
- soft: If this is not recommended, should I feed soft fondant instead?
Modifies a noun
- icing: All you need to do is get the shape you need, then decorate it using colored marzipan or fondant icing.
- potato: M: roasted rack of English spring lamb with roasted garlic & honey jus and fondant potatoes.
- cream: Make decorative bundles of home-made sweets such as coconut ice, fudge and fondant creams and tie them with various shades of pastel ribbons.
- mixture: Sugar mice are particularly attractive for the children to make from a stiff fondant mixture.
- sweet: Stick some fondant sweets onto the blobs to make a happy face!
- fancy: The fondant fancies are sitting prettily on a doily.
Noun used with modifier
- chocolate: I couldn't resist the hot chocolate fondant with its soft, dark, molten interior.
- peppermint: Containing two types, Japanese peppermint oil fondant creams and Creme de Menthe infused truffles.
- potato: M: grilled angus filet, sweet potato fondant & fine beans; pan-fried filet of red mullet, shellfish risotto & beurre blanc.
- mint: OL Prestat Sell fruit and mint fondants as well as fruit in chocolate.
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