Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of pain d'épices.
Cut six ½-inch-thick slices of pain d’épice, and butter them on both sides.
2005, Suzanne Goin, “Toasted Pain d’Épice with Kumquat Marmalade Butter”, in Sunday Suppers at Lucques, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, “Winter” section, Menu 28, page 3332 more examples
The texture of pain d’épice comes as rather a shock to those brought up on sticky, moist gingerbreads.
1996, Sue Lawrence, “Pain d’Épice”, in On Baking, London: Kyle Cathie, published 1998, →ISBN, “Cakes Which Keep” section, page 94To finish, creamy fromage blanc mousse with delicate mango jelly and intense passion-fruit sorbet, or an elaborately crafted ‘taste of rhubarb’ platter featuring, among other things, a granita, a bavarois-style cream, a mint-infused rhubarb and melon drink and dainty triangles of pain d’épice.
2003, “Pennyhill Park, Latymer Restaurant”, in Andrew Turvil, editor, The Good Food Guide 2004, London: Which?, →ISBN, “England” section, page 233
Origin
- Frenchpain d'épice
- Englishpain d'épice
From French pain d'épice.
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