Definition of marron glacé in English:
marron glacé
nounPlural marrons glacés ˌmarɒ̃ ˈɡlaseɪməˌrɑn ɡləˈseɪ
A chestnut preserved in and coated with sugar.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sprinkle the brown sugar and the remaining chocolate and marrons glacés over the top of the batter.
- The idea of adding marrons confits (aka marrons glacés or glazed chestnuts) to the pears was inspired by the delicious crumble they currently serve at the restaurant, to which I went back on a couple of happy occasions recently.
- I told him about my passion for marrons glacés and he took me to the shop in the ninth which has been candying chestnuts since the Revolution.
- The verb ‘to candy’ today indicates a method of preservation using sugar syrup; candied fruit, marrons glacés, candied ginger, and candied angelica all use this process.
- It is also the occasion to rediscover the marron glacé of Ardèche and chestnut cream as well as other by-products, purée, flour, the sweet chestnuts which one crunches with an aperitif and even beer!
Definition of marron glacé in US English:
marron glacé
nounməˌrɑn ɡləˈseɪməˌrän ɡləˈsā
A chestnut preserved in and coated with sugar.
Example sentencesExamples
- I told him about my passion for marrons glacés and he took me to the shop in the ninth which has been candying chestnuts since the Revolution.
- The verb ‘to candy’ today indicates a method of preservation using sugar syrup; candied fruit, marrons glacés, candied ginger, and candied angelica all use this process.
- It is also the occasion to rediscover the marron glacé of Ardèche and chestnut cream as well as other by-products, purée, flour, the sweet chestnuts which one crunches with an aperitif and even beer!
- Sprinkle the brown sugar and the remaining chocolate and marrons glacés over the top of the batter.
- The idea of adding marrons confits (aka marrons glacés or glazed chestnuts) to the pears was inspired by the delicious crumble they currently serve at the restaurant, to which I went back on a couple of happy occasions recently.