vacherin
Meanings
noun
- A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.
- A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream.
- Ellipsis of vacherin glacé.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.
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