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charlotte
1[ shahr-luht ]
noun
- a dessert of many varieties, served hot or cold and commonly made by lining a mold with cake or bread and filling it with fruit, whipped cream, custard, or gelatin.
- the mold used in making this dessert.
Charlotte
2[ shahr-luht ]
noun
- Grand Duchess Charlotte Aldegonde Elise Marie Wilhelmine, 1896–1985, sovereign of Luxembourg 1919–64.
- a city in S North Carolina.
- a female given name: derived from Charles.
charlotte
1/ ˈʃɑːlət /
noun
- a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
apple charlotte
- short for charlotte russe
Charlotte
2/ ˈʃɑːlət /
noun
- a city in S North Carolina: the largest city in the state. Pop: 584 658 (2003 est)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of charlotte1
Word History and Origins
Origin of charlotte1
Example Sentences
From there, the dessert splinters into several different versions: baked ones filled with fruit, like the well-known apple charlotte, and unbaked ones, most commonly known as the cream-filled Charlotte Russe.
Ms. de Boer found similarities between Shaker recipes and her grandmother’s in dishes like apple charlotte and sticky ginger cake.
Apple charlotte is only marginally more complicated: browned apples are baked in a loaf tin lined with white bread, like an autumnal version of summer pudding.
As “Joy of Cooking” has evolved since the first edition in 1931, written by Irma S. Rombauer, so have its recipes for gelatin molds and related aspics, whips, snows, puddings and charlottes.
The street was always busy, and black and white shoppers stopped in the shoe stores or bought charlotte russes to eat as they walked.
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