savarin

[ sav-uh-rin ]

noun
  1. a spongelike cake leavened with yeast, baked in a ring mold, and often soaked with a rum syrup.

Origin of savarin

1
1875–80; <French, named after Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (died 1826), French politician and gourmet

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How to use savarin in a sentence

  • The discovery of a new dish, said Brillat-savarin, is of greater importance to humanity than the discovery of a new planet.

    More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre
  • Thwicket had left two minutes before, having learned that Gallivant was at the savarin.

  • Baron savarin, who wrote a treatise on the art of enjoying life, should have added a chapter on the happiness of contrast.

  • These are little gastronomic felicities which Brillat-savarin, otherwise so complete an author, overlooked in his book.

    The Red Inn | Honore de Balzac
  • Dumas' soup for dinner; but for breakfast the unrivalled omelette of Brillat-savarin.

    The Feasts of Autolycus | Elizabeth Robins Pennell