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ganache en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɡəˈnæʃ/
  • /ɡəˈnɑːʃ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
    • The centers of truffles are typically a ganache, which is most often simply a mixture of chocolate and cream. The recipes will direct you to chop the chocolate finely—do not overlook this step! 2006, Dede Wilson, Truffles: 50 Deliciously Decadent Homemade Chocolate Treats, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 11:
    • She scoops a grassy, barely sweet green-tea sorbet onto white chocolate ganache, and garnishes it with coin-size meringues that break easily, then strings syrupy, candied yuzu zest across it all. 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A kind of surcoat with short cap sleeves.
    • 2001, John Steane, The Archaeology of Power: England and Northern Europe, AD 800-1600, Tempus Pub Limited Illuminated miniatures show them in long robes of plain or rayed material, hoods and coifs. […] shows a man 6ft in length dressed in a ganache or tabard with two tongues or labels at the neck and a coif tied round his head.
    • , The Medieval Wedding Planner, Lyle MacPherson Male clothing was worn in layers of a tunic, cote, or cotte with a surcoat over a linen shirt. […] a long sleeveless tunic. When sleeves (and sometimes a hood) were added, the cyclas became a ganache (a cap-sleeved surcoat, usually shown with hood of matching color) or a gardcorps (a long, generous-sleeved travelling robe).
    • Cranston plucked at the ganache, the over-robe Bohun wore, tied round the middle with a ribbon. 'You've lost weight?' 'Bellum intestinum,' Bohun whispered, picking up the tankard. 'War within! There's something wrong with my gut, ... 2020, Paul Doherty, The House of Shadows, Canelo, →ISBN:
    • M. Viollet-le-Duc says the ganache, which he considers a beautiful and simple garment, disappeared at the end of the fourteenth century. M. Quicherat makes brief mention of it as a surcoat without sleeves or girdle , and neither ... 1819, James Robinson Planche, A Cyclopedia Of Costume Vol. II A General History Of Costume In Europe, page 85:
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A fool

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ganaches Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

garnache

Translations (20)

ru гана́ш (sauce) · de Pariser Creme (sauce) · es ganache (sauce) · pt ganache (sauce) · de Ganachecreme (sauce) · id ganace (sauce) · it crema ganache (sauce) · hu ganázs (sauce) · hu párizsi krém (sauce) · hu ganázskrém (sauce) · ja ガナッシュ (sauce) · bg гана́ш (sauce) · fi ganache (sauce) · de Ganache (sauce) · fr ganache (sauce) · es ganash (sauce) · ko 가나슈 (sauce) · eo ganaĉo (sauce) · cmn 伽納徹 /伽纳彻 (sauce) · tr ganaj (sauce)

ganache en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɡəˈnæʃ/
  • /ɡəˈnɑːʃ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To coat with ganache.
    • to ganache the sides of a cake

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ganaching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ganaches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ganached Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ganached Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (2)

fr ganacher (glaze with chocolate sauce) · bg глазирам с ганаш (glaze with chocolate sauce)