mousse
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noun
1.
Cookery.
a.
a sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base, often stabilized with gelatin and chilled in a mold: chocolate mousse.
b.
an aspic, unsweetened and containing meat, vegetables, or fish: salmon mousse.
2.
a foamy preparation used on the hair to help hold it in place, applied usually to damp hair before grooming or styling and worked in until absorbed.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a light creamy dessert made with eggs, cream, fruit, etc, set with gelatine |
| 2. | a similar dish made from fish or meat |
| 3. | the layer of small bubbles on the top of a glass of champagne or other sparkling wine |
| 4. | short for styling mousse |
| [C19: from French: froth] | |
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Word Origin & History
mousse
1892, from Fr. mousse, from O.Fr. mousse "froth, scum," from L.L. mulsa "mead," from L. mulsum "honey wine, mead," from neut. of mulsus "mixed with honey," related to mel "honey." Meaning "preparation for hair" is from 1970s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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mousse
savoury or sweet dish with the consistency of a dense foam, composed of a pureed chief ingredient mixed with stiffly beaten egg whites, whipped cream, or both. Mousses are almost always cold dishes, sweet mousses sometimes being served frozen. Savoury mousses are frequently prepared from poultry, foie gras, fish, or shellfish, to be eaten as a first course or light entree. They may be stabilized by the addition of gelatin.
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Example sentences
Cool the palate with a creamy flan or mousse de chocolate.
Mousse can be temperamental, requiring careful monitoring of temperature and lots of beating to come to the right consistency.
Two types of meal will be compared, chocolate mousse style dessert and chocolate bars.
Desserts include tiramisu, cheesecake and chocolate mousse.
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