parfait

[ US /ˌpɑɹˈfeɪ/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːfe‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream
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How To Use parfait In A Sentence

  • There's also a cloying crème brûlée made with semolina, and a refreshingly chalky caramel parfait on a bed of thinly sliced stewed pears.
  • To mould the parfaits, use metal cutters if possible (available from good cookshops).
  • We were served a simple amuse bouche of foie gras parfait, on a thin poppadom covered in poppy seeds.
  • In a parfait dish or glass, layer fruit, yogurt and granola.
  • In complete contrast to our disagreeable dining companion, the duck liver parfait he ordered was rich and smooth.
  • There are also a series of intensely sweet, almost saccharine desserts, like peanut ice parfait (spiked with cane liquor) and an extra-creamy flan made from vanilla beans.
  • It's presented on a block of glass strewn with herbs, along with three Armagnac grapes encrusted in cornflakes and a foie gras parfait topped with a capering silver monkey.
  • Hers was by far the better of the two, the parfait a rich, pungent slab of flavour that left her purring.
  • The final dish in the eight course evening was a Campari parfait served with orange ragout.
  • There's no great dearth of terrines, no dreadful famine of chicken liver parfait and, as far as I'm aware, the meatpaste market still thrives in its own quiet way, but where oh where are the great slablike pâtés of my youth? How to make pâté
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