zabaglionehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zabaglione_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezabaglione, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zabaglionenoun

  1. 1899–
    A dessert consisting of egg yolks, sugar, and (usually Marsala) wine, whipped to a frothy texture over a gentle heat and served either hot or cold. Cf. sabayon n.
    1. 1899
      Sambaglione.—Put into a saucepan about six new-laid eggs, and two sherry-glassfuls of Madeira.
      M. Ninet, Dainty Meals for Small Households xiv. xiv. 223
    2. 1901
      Zabajone is a kind of syllabub.
      W. G. Waters, Cook's Decameron 175/1
    3. 1901
      Iced zabajone.
      W. G. Waters, Cook's Decameron 175/2 (heading)
    4. 1914
      This was followed by a glass of zabaione for dessert.
      C. E. Edwards, Bohemian in San Francisco 104
    5. 1917
      We dined off onion pilaff, and sponge-cake of maize flour with zabayone.
      Blackwood's Magazine January 111/1
    6. 1924
      She had instructed Roberto to beat up some eggs..that she might make zabaglione.
      M. Kennedy, Constant Nymph xvi. 222
    7. 1932
      At a single opening of the book we find..zambaglione (the reviewer would prefer to omit the lemon-juice but to add a pinch of yeast).
      Times Literary Supplement 10 November 836/4
    8. 1958
      A nation that is content at midday with shepherd's pie..must dine out off kebabs and zabagliones.
      Times 2 October 11/4
    9. 1960
      A copper zabaglione pan.
      House & Garden May 94/3
    10. 1974
      The best-known Italian sweet, zabaglione.
      Country Life 25 April 1006/1
    11. 1981
      Zac ordered blackberry, peach, pineapple [ices] and zabaione.
      R. Airth, Once a Spy ix. 100
    12. 1984
      Whatever food is mentioned, from aubergines to zabaglione, they are ready to garnish it with some unsavoury gobbet of introductory junk music.
      Listener 1 November 42/2

zabaglione, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zabaglione, n. was last modified in December 2024.