macaron
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ma·ca·ron
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Definition of macaron
: a light, often brightly colored sandwich cookie consisting of two rounded disks made from a batter of egg whites, sugar, and almond flour surrounding a sweet filling (as of ganache, buttercream, or jam)
Note that we speak here of the Parisian macaron, two airy almond meringue cookies pressed around a creamy filling—not those tiny bombs of shredded coconut that, on our shores, answer to the name "macaroon."— Ligaya Mishan
Examples of macaron in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Ice-n-Spicy specializes in ice cream with Asian and European influences, topping its multicolored scoops with French macarons and Japanese mochi. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "Seven new South Florida ice cream shops for National Ice Cream Day 2019," 18 July 2019 Re-opening: The Vintage Tea and Cake Co. has opened in Belmont (129 Belmont St.), offering a selection of teas, traditional English/Irish style scones, French macarons, lemon squares, and Irish brown bread, as well as iced teas and coffees. — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, "Wachusett Brewing Co. comes to Cambridge, and Peregrine serves up the flavors of Italian islands," 4 July 2019 Skip the dessert menu and grab fancy ice cream, macarons or cookies from the options nearby. — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, "The Bay Area’s first Georgian restaurant shines with cheese pulls and chokhas," 15 Aug. 2019 Small packages of Ladurée macarons, individual Nest candles, dark chocolate Godiva figures, or my personal favorite, Christian Dior lip gloss in light pink for the ladies, and Cuban cigars for the gentlemen. — Tinsley Mortimer, Town & Country, "Tinsley Mortimer's Guide to Hosting Like a Socialite," 3 May 2017 The Macaron Tea Room will also be there selling goodies - tea, coffee, scones, biscuits, and their famous macarons, to name a few. — Shirley Macfarland, cleveland.com, "Take an art class and end the summer with a creative memory: Talk of the Towns," 26 July 2019 The menu for the girls is: chicken salad tea sandwich, mac and cheese ball, fruit skewer wand and mini cupcakes, a macaron and a chocolate cup filled with raspberry mousse. — Susan Harrison, baltimoresun.com, "Neighbors welcome to pitch in to help boy hit by car while riding his bike," 7 June 2019 In North San Jose, customers have been flocking to this shop that specializes in coffee and tea — and pretty much only coffee and tea (plus macarons). — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, "Cult favorite 7 Leaves Cafe opens its second Bay Area location," 7 June 2019 Rose Street currently has a small counter in Keg and Case that sells chocolates and macarons, and a few other pastries are available from Five Watt Coffee in the market. — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, "Schmidt Brewery Rathskeller to house Rose Street Patisserie cafe, Worker B spa," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'macaron.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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