baked Alaska
nounEtymology
Said to have been coined by Charles Ranhofer (1836–1899), the French-American chef de cuisine of Delmonico’s, a restaurant in New York City, New York, United States, to mark the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on 30 March 1867. However, there is no contemporary report of this fact, and in his book The Epicurean (1894) Ranhofer referred to the dish, versions of which pre-dated the Alaska Purchase, as an “Alaska, Florida”, apparently because of the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish appears to have been first called an Alaska or baked Alaska some time after the Alaska Purchase.
- derived from Empire on 30 March 1867
Definitions
A dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.
- Looking very regal indeed is this view of Baked Alaska being temptingly dished up for serving during the holidays. The dessert was developed from recipes used to serve rulers of the Principality of Monaco.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA