Parfait

Definitions

1. A surname from French [in turn transferred from the nickname].
2. A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
   countable, uncountable
3. An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
   countable, uncountable
4. A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
   UK, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.”

“It was a parfait of puréed avocados, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, which had been molded into a rectangle atop a peanut-butter crust and then bedecked with tiny wild strawberries. […] We were utterly transfixed, and we were quickly out of parfait.”

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