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DictionaryblancmangeMilk pudding
noun

blancmange

bluh-MAHNZH/bləˈmɑːnʒ/

A sweet molded milk pudding thickened with gelatin or starch.

The blancmange holds its fluted shape on the dessert plate.

A pale ivory blancmange unmolded onto a small dessert plate, with distinct fluted sides and a spoonful removed to reveal its smooth, opaque, softly set interior.
Etymology
blancOld Frenchwhite
+mangeOld Frenchto eat

Literally “white eating,” blancmange originally named a chicken-and-rice dish. The name remained as the dish developed into a meat-free dessert made with milk or cream.

In context

Creeping Fig Cottage Kitchen1:07
The interesting thing about Blancmange is that it is a molded, served cold dessert
Blancmange - A Dessert from the 1300s

More examples

  • The dessert menu includes almond blancmange.
  • The blancmange holds the shape of its mold.
  • Several small blancmanges wait in the refrigerator.

Forms

blancmange · blancmanges

Similar words

pudding
A broader dessert category without the same molded milk preparation.
custard
Usually thickened with eggs rather than starch or gelatin.