entremets

• These dishes were wheeled over the tables in little chariots before each person in turn Such were the mundane marvels that graced the fęte," is the conclusion of La Marche's[6] exhaustive enumeration of the masterpieces from artists' workshops and ducal kitchen I will leave them now to record a pity moving entremets which seemed to be more special than the others. —  Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
• At the next dish he remarked, "Following the theory that a dinner should progress as a child learning to walk, Maître_, I have at this point dared to introduce an entremets--_cèpes francs à la tête noire À la bordelaise_," completed Le Brux, his nose above the dish. —  Through stained glass
• After the mets or assiettes the table-cloths are changed, and the entremets are then brought in. —  Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period
• Not their over-spiced entremets, I mean--their gross joints and pasties, their swans and peacocks--but those which deal, for example, with the preparation of fresh-water fishes? —  South Wind
• About eight there was a regular supper, with entrees roti entremets dessert: all shared in it, and then went to bed. —  The Physiology of Taste

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms