frangipane

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frangipane (frangipani) Originally a jasmine perfume which gave its name to an almond cream flavoured with the perfume. Now cake‐filling made from eggs, milk, and flour with flavouring, and also a pastry filled with an almond‐flavoured mixture, invented by Count Cesare Frangipani in Rome in 1532.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

frangipane

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frangipane perfume obtained from red jasmine XVII; cream for pastry XIX. — F., f. Frangipani, name of an italian marquis who invented a perfume for scenting gloves.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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