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blanc⋅mange

[bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh]
–noun
1. a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.
2. a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

Origin:
1350–1400; apocopated var. of ME blancmanger < MF: lit., white eating. See blank, manger
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blanc·mange   (blə-mänj', -mäɴzh')   
n.  A flavored and sweetened milk pudding thickened with cornstarch.

[Middle English blankmanger, a dish made with almond milk, from Old French blanc mangier : blanc, white (of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) + mangier, to eat, food (from Latin manducāre; see manger).]
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