charlotte russe
1Charlotte Russe — is a dessert invented by the French chef Marie Antoine Carême (1784 1833), who named it in honor of his Russian employer Czar Alexander I ( russe being the French word for Russian ). It is a cold dessert of Bavarian cream set in a mold lined with …
2Charlotte Russe — Charlotte Char lotte, n. [F.] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. [1913 Webster] {Charlotte Russe}, or {Charlotte [ a] la russe} [F., lit., Russian charlotte]… …
3charlotte russe — [ro͞os] n. [Fr, lit., Russian charlotte] a charlotte filled with Bavarian cream and made in a mold lined with ladyfingers or spongecake …
4Charlotte Russe (clothing retailer) — For the dessert pastry, see Charlotte (dessert). Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. Type Private Company Industry Retail Founded 1975 Founder(s) Daniel Lawrence Headquarters …
5Charlotte Russe (retailer) — Infobox Company | company name = Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. | company type = Public (NASDAQ|CHIC) | foundation = 1975 | founder = Kayla Pelletier headquarters = San Diego, California industry = Retail | products = Clothing, footwear, and… …
6charlotte russe — noun Etymology: French, literally, Russian charlotte Date: 1839 a charlotte made with sponge cake or ladyfingers and a whipped cream or custard gelatin filling …
7charlotte russe — /roohs/ 1. a dessert made by lining a mold with sponge cake or ladyfingers and filling it with Bavarian cream. 2. a simpler version of this, consisting of a small piece of sponge cake topped with whipped cream and a candied cherry. [1835 45; < F …
8charlotte russe — [ ru:s] noun a pudding consisting of custard enclosed in sponge cake or a casing of sponge fingers. Origin Fr., lit. Russian charlotte …
9charlotte russe — /ʃalət ˈrus/ (say shahluht roohs) noun a mould of sponge fingers filled with a cream mousse mixture. {French: Russian charlotte} …
10charlotte russe — noun lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream • Hypernyms: ↑charlotte …
