Meaning & use
syllabub
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A light dessert or drink made by whipping cream or milk with wine, sugar, and sometimes lemon.
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The Victorian cookbook included a recipe for syllabub, whipped with sherry and citrus zest.
For dessert, they served a frothy syllabub in small glasses.
A note on using this word
Syllabub is a traditional English dessert dating back centuries, now mostly seen in historical cooking or specialty restaurants.
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