beignet
Powdered fried pastry
A beignet is a square of deep-fried dough, typically covered in powdered sugar and served hot.
The treat is most closely associated with New Orleans, where it arrived with French colonists and became a signature item at places like Café Du Monde.
Beignets are similar to doughnuts but lack a hole and have a lighter, puffier texture.
We stopped for beignets and café au lait in the French Quarter.
Cooked submerged in fat
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- crispyBrittle and snapping
fritter · puffed · sizzle · hot oil · churros · funnel cake · zeppole · sopapilla
Finely ground sweetener
- café au laitCoffee mixed with milk
- chicory coffeeBeverage from roasted roots
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
- CreoleFused language, stabilized
Finely ground sweetener
- dustedRemoved surface particles
- confectionersMakers of candy
- sugar-coatedMade artificially pleasant
- glazeThin lustrous coating
icing · sweet · chocolate · vanilla · cinnamon · caramel · fruit-filled · Bavarian cream
deep-fried
Cooked submerged in fat
crispy · fritter · puffed · sizzle · hot oil · churros · funnel cake · zeppole · sopapilla · tempura
powdered sugar
Finely ground sweetener
- café au laitCoffee mixed with milk
- chicory coffeeBeverage from roasted roots
- CajunLouisiana's French descendants
Creole · po'boy · gumbo · praline · chicory · Louisiana · NOLA
powdered sugar
Finely ground sweetener
- dustedRemoved surface particles
- confectionersMakers of candy
- sugar-coatedMade artificially pleasant
glaze · icing · sweet · chocolate · vanilla · cinnamon · caramel · fruit-filled · Bavarian cream · sprinkles
dough
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
pillowy · puffy · soft · fluffy · airy · knead · rise · proof · roll · square
pâtisserie
French sweet-goods establishment
- boulangerieFrench bread shop
- chouxTwice-cooked pastry dough
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
éclair · macaron · café · Paris · Provence · artisanal · cuisine · gourmet · crêpe · brioche
- bakerybread, cake, cookie, muffins, donuts
- sweet treatscookie, cupcake, donut, fudge, brownie
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- donutsglazed donut, jelly donut, chocolate frosted, powdered donut, old fashioned
- fried doughdonut, donuts, doughnuts, churro, churros
- New OrleansFrench Quarter, Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, Jackson Square, jazz
beignetbitter greens
Sharp-tasting leafy vegetables
hush puppy · samosa · savory dish · empanada · black coffee
beignetrice cake
Puffed grain wafer
kale · hardtack · gruel · health food · steamed broccoli