fondant

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Desserts include grappa chocolate fondant, which is a dome of dark chocolate mousse under a layer of chocolate, served with ricotta ice cream studded with slivered almonds, and a wonderful lemon brioche with lemon chibouste.

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  1. noun A sweet creamy sugar paste used in candies and icings.
  2. noun A candy containing this paste.

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  • Desserts at £4.50 include a chocolate fondant, which never actually melts in the middle but is moist as near damn it! —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • So Ramsay sent them back up to the dorms to plan out their dishes, which resulted in a fun little digression in which Ben tried to explain what pomme fondant was to Danny and Robert, who were so bewildered by the term that they each repeated it a gazillion times to the camera. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • They're draped in pounds of fondant, pierced with metal pipes for structure, and then coated in sugar flowers and gum paste ornaments that turn the simple white cake bases into the pastry equivalent of a drag queen. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I made some bunny heads and eggs with fondant, but this is a bit fiddly. —  Just Hungry - Japanese recipes, healthy and fun eating, the expat food life and more.
  • Desserts include grappa chocolate fondant, which is a dome of dark chocolate mousse under a layer of chocolate, served with ricotta ice cream studded with slivered almonds, and a wonderful lemon brioche with lemon chibouste. —  Home | The New York Observer
 

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  1. French, from present participle of fondre, to melt, from Latin fundere; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, present participle of fondre, found, ground: see found.
  2. French fondant, present participle of fondre, melt: see found, v.
 

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/fɑnˈdɑn/
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