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発音

• IPA: /ˈfɒndənt/, /fɒnˈdɒnt/, /fɒ̃ˈdɒ̃/, /fɔ̃ˈdɒ̃/
• 韻: -ɒnt

名詞

fondant (countable and uncountable, plural fondants)

1. (usually uncountable) A flavored, creamy sugar preparation, used for icing cakes or as a base for candies.
   • 2011, David Jones, Candy Making For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     To produce most types of fondant, you cook sugar, corn syrup, and water and beat the cooled mixture into a creamy paste. You may find a fondant recipe that includes other ingredients, but the three primary ingredients are the ones listed here.

2. (countable) A candy or cake filled with such a preparation.
   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 99:

     "Don't!" said Mrs. Mallowe, feebly. "You make my head ache. I'm miserable to-day. Stay me with fondants, comfort me with chocolates[.]"

   • 2005, Georgina Campbell, Irish Country House Cooking: The Blue Book Recipe Collection, page 62:

     At Chapter One, these chocolate fondants are served restaurant-style with a crème brulée ravioli and an unusual basil ice cream as well as the warm sauce given.

3. (food) A sugar dough, usually prepared as large sheets (rolled fondant), used in place of icing to cover large areas of cakes, composed of sugar, water, gelatin, glycerine.
   • 2012, Kathryn Williams, Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Henry Holt and Company (BYR), →ISBN, page 182:

     Stan made a heroic attempt at a tiered cinnamon cake with a rolled fondant icing that came out gray and tore when he draped it over the cake.

4. (usually uncountable) Fondue.

   fondant chocolate

   fondant cheese

   • 2010, Paul Karr, Frommer's Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, →ISBN:

     Start with a Cortland apple salad, beets with goat cheese fondant, […]

5. (usually uncountable) The base or flux, in enamel, which is colored throughout by metallic oxide while in a state of fusion.
6. (slang) Facial makeup (cosmetics), when used excessively.

派生語

関連する語

• fondue

Further reading

• fondant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Fondant on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Fondant au chocolat on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons