释义 |
‖ kissel|ˈkɪsəl, kiˈsjɛl| Also keessel. [ad. Russ. kisél′.] A sweet dish made from fruit juice mixed with sugar and water, which is boiled and thickened with potato or cornflour.
1924A. Gagarine Russ. Cook Bk. x. 191 When eaten hot, the keessel should be thick as honey; when cold, like custard. 1943E. M. Almedingen Frossia vii. 266 A hut odorous of freshly baked rye loaves, singed chicken feathers, and cranberry jelly, ‘kissel’, and pickled cucumbers lying in a wooden bowl. 1952M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) iii. 34 The small presents she was in the habit of bringing them—a dish of Russian kissel with a white napkin over it. 1969Guardian 15 Aug. 7/4 Blackberry kissel... Blend the cornflour with a little cold water, and with the brandy, stir into the blackberry puree. 1971Times 9 Aug. 5/8 Moscow housewives are buying up huge amounts of berries just now—mostly blackcurrants, redcurrants and cranberries—to preserve them as jam or make a thin jelly (kissel). |