charlotte russe

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A charlotte russe[n 1]

Borrowed from French charlotte russe (literally Russian charlotte). The origin of the term is obscure; one theory is that the dish was created by French chef Marie-Antoine Carême (1784–1833) and named in honour of his employer Alexander I of Russia.[1]

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Noun

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charlotte russe (plural charlottes russes or charlottes russe or charlotte russes)

  1. A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers. [from mid 19th c.]
    • 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Clive’s Uncles”, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, [], →OCLC, page 51:
      And Mrs. Newcome was not unkind: and if Clive had been really a young duke, I am sure he would have had the best bed-room at Marble Hill, and not one of the far-off little rooms in the boys' wing; I am sure he would have had jellies and Charlottes Russes, instead of mere broth, chicken and batter pudding as fell to his lot; []
    • 1857 February 28, “Lenten Fast of Fashion”, in Harper’s Weekly. A Journal of Civilization, volume I, number 9, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, [], →OCLC, page 131, column 4:
      Cod and oyster sauce; smelt tossed with eggs, and made piquant with a squeeze of lemon (don't forget the lemon); chocolate custards, and a proper variety of puff-pâtés, blancmange, jellies, ice-creams, and Charlotte russe, are not bad to take, and, moreover, commend themselves to the pious conscience, for they are not forbidden by pope or council.
    • 1867 March 9, “Lady Llanover’s Good Cookery”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 23, number 593, London: Published at the office, [], →OCLC, page 312, column 2:
      But people don't think of training cooks, though they train ballet-girls, sempstresses, and bonnet-makers. A good Charlotte Russe is a higher effort of talent than a bonnet.
    • 1871 April 26, “Extracts from The Yale Courant. Published Every Week during Term Time. Editors, Class of ’71: C. R. Dudley, H. R. Elliot, H. Mansfield.”, in The College Courant. A Weekly Journal Devoted to College Interests, Science, and Literature, volume VIII, number 17, New Haven, Conn.: Charles C. Chatfield & Co, publishers, published 29 April 1871, →OCLC, page 203, column 1:
      When we reflect on the peanuts, oranges, soda water, cream cakes, bananas, claret punch, oysters, lemonade, Welch rare bits, ale, chicken and lobster salad, lager, pie, charlotte russe, ice cream, and cake and so forth, which are nightly mingled in the undergraduate's stomach, we are unavoidably led to remember that Blair is said to be the best undertaker in the city, though Hoadly and Co. are perhaps more handy for the student trade.
    • 1876, Mary F[oote] Henderson, “Bavarian Creams”, in Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving. [], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers. [], →OCLC, page 283:
      The Bavarian creams all make good charlottes-russe, the peach Bavarian making an especially delicious one. Sometimes these mixtures are frozen, and put into charlotte molds; the cake is formed in molds a trifle larger.
    • 1943, Betty Smith, chapter XVI, in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC; 2nd edition, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, 1943, →OCLC, page 120:
      There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped-cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy.
    • 2018, Tamar Adler, “Crying for Cream (Desserts)”, in Something Old, Something New: Classic Recipes Revisited, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN:
      Charlotte Russe emerged during First Empire France, under the name charlotte à la Parisienne. (The Russian charlotte is the Parisian charlotte, the name change a consequence of Carême's employ; he went to work for a tsar and paid appropriate homage.) [] Variations proliferated, and charlottes Russe appeared on dessert menus from La Côte Basque, where cream was hand whisked and savoie biscuits hand piped, to the 24-hour diner on Route 2, whose fillings may have been instant pudding or canned whipped topping, cookies from a cellophane bag, and garnishes canned peaches or strawberry pie topping.

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  1. ^ From Janet M. Hill (1909 April) “Seasonable Recipes”, in The Boston Cooking-school Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics, volume XIII, number 9, Boston, Mass.: The Boston Cooking School Magazine Co., [], →OCLC, page 431.

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  1. ^ See, for example, Judy Gelman, Vicki Levy Krupp (2012) “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn • Betty Smith [Charlotte Russe]”, in The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club’s Favorite Books and Authors, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, →ISBN.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French charlotte russe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑrlot ˈrys/, [ˈʃɑ̝rlo̞t̪ ˈrys̠]

Noun

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charlotte russe

  1. charlotte russe (type of dessert)

Declension

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Inflection of charlotte russe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative charlotte russe charlotte russet
genitive charlotte russen charlotte russejen
partitive charlotte russea charlotte russeja
illative charlotte russeen charlotte russeihin
singular plural
nominative charlotte russe charlotte russet
accusative nom. charlotte russe charlotte russet
gen. charlotte russen
genitive charlotte russen charlotte russejen
charlotte russein rare
partitive charlotte russea charlotte russeja
inessive charlotte russessa charlotte russeissa
elative charlotte russesta charlotte russeista
illative charlotte russeen charlotte russeihin
adessive charlotte russella charlotte russeilla
ablative charlotte russelta charlotte russeilta
allative charlotte russelle charlotte russeille
essive charlotte russena charlotte russeina
translative charlotte russeksi charlotte russeiksi
abessive charlotte russetta charlotte russeitta
instructive charlotte russein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of charlotte russe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative charlotte russeni charlotte russeni
accusative nom. charlotte russeni charlotte russeni
gen. charlotte russeni
genitive charlotte russeni charlotte russejeni
charlotte russeini rare
partitive charlotte russeani charlotte russejani
inessive charlotte russessani charlotte russeissani
elative charlotte russestani charlotte russeistani
illative charlotte russeeni charlotte russeihini
adessive charlotte russellani charlotte russeillani
ablative charlotte russeltani charlotte russeiltani
allative charlotte russelleni charlotte russeilleni
essive charlotte russenani charlotte russeinani
translative charlotte russekseni charlotte russeikseni
abessive charlotte russettani charlotte russeittani
instructive
comitative charlotte russeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative charlotte russesi charlotte russesi
accusative nom. charlotte russesi charlotte russesi
gen. charlotte russesi
genitive charlotte russesi charlotte russejesi
charlotte russeisi rare
partitive charlotte russeasi charlotte russejasi
inessive charlotte russessasi charlotte russeissasi
elative charlotte russestasi charlotte russeistasi
illative charlotte russeesi charlotte russeihisi
adessive charlotte russellasi charlotte russeillasi
ablative charlotte russeltasi charlotte russeiltasi
allative charlotte russellesi charlotte russeillesi
essive charlotte russenasi charlotte russeinasi
translative charlotte russeksesi charlotte russeiksesi
abessive charlotte russettasi charlotte russeittasi
instructive
comitative charlotte russeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative charlotte russemme charlotte russemme
accusative nom. charlotte russemme charlotte russemme
gen. charlotte russemme
genitive charlotte russemme charlotte russejemme
charlotte russeimme rare
partitive charlotte russeamme charlotte russejamme
inessive charlotte russessamme charlotte russeissamme
elative charlotte russestamme charlotte russeistamme
illative charlotte russeemme charlotte russeihimme
adessive charlotte russellamme charlotte russeillamme
ablative charlotte russeltamme charlotte russeiltamme
allative charlotte russellemme charlotte russeillemme
essive charlotte russenamme charlotte russeinamme
translative charlotte russeksemme charlotte russeiksemme
abessive charlotte russettamme charlotte russeittamme
instructive
comitative charlotte russeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative charlotte russenne charlotte russenne
accusative nom. charlotte russenne charlotte russenne
gen. charlotte russenne
genitive charlotte russenne charlotte russejenne
charlotte russeinne rare
partitive charlotte russeanne charlotte russejanne
inessive charlotte russessanne charlotte russeissanne
elative charlotte russestanne charlotte russeistanne
illative charlotte russeenne charlotte russeihinne
adessive charlotte russellanne charlotte russeillanne
ablative charlotte russeltanne charlotte russeiltanne
allative charlotte russellenne charlotte russeillenne
essive charlotte russenanne charlotte russeinanne
translative charlotte russeksenne charlotte russeiksenne
abessive charlotte russettanne charlotte russeittanne
instructive
comitative charlotte russeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative charlotte russensa charlotte russensa
accusative nom. charlotte russensa charlotte russensa
gen. charlotte russensa
genitive charlotte russensa charlotte russejensa
charlotte russeinsa rare
partitive charlotte russeaan
charlotte russeansa
charlotte russejaan
charlotte russejansa
inessive charlotte russessaan
charlotte russessansa
charlotte russeissaan
charlotte russeissansa
elative charlotte russestaan
charlotte russestansa
charlotte russeistaan
charlotte russeistansa
illative charlotte russeensa charlotte russeihinsa
adessive charlotte russellaan
charlotte russellansa
charlotte russeillaan
charlotte russeillansa
ablative charlotte russeltaan
charlotte russeltansa
charlotte russeiltaan
charlotte russeiltansa
allative charlotte russelleen
charlotte russellensa
charlotte russeilleen
charlotte russeillensa
essive charlotte russenaan
charlotte russenansa
charlotte russeinaan
charlotte russeinansa
translative charlotte russekseen
charlotte russeksensa
charlotte russeikseen
charlotte russeiksensa
abessive charlotte russettaan
charlotte russettansa
charlotte russeittaan
charlotte russeittansa
instructive
comitative charlotte russeineen
charlotte russeinensa