Definition

Noun: A rich, frozen dessert made with chopped chestnuts, maraschino cherries, candied fruits, and typically flavored with liqueur or rum.

Usage

This is a specific, proper noun referring to a classic type of frozen pudding. It is used as the name of the dish itself. - For the grand finale, the chef prepared a traditional nesselrode pudding. - The menu featured an old-fashioned nesselrode pudding with a rum sauce.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical or gourmet culinary contexts to describe a dessert from 19th-century European cuisine.
• It can be part of a compound noun when specifying a variant, e.g., "nesselrode pudding pie," but the core term remains "nesselrode pudding."

Variants and Related Words

• Nesselrode: Sometimes used alone as a shortened form to refer to the pudding or a similar flavor profile (e.g., "nesselrode ice cream").
• Frozen pudding: The general category to which nesselrode pudding belongs.

Synonyms

• Frozen chestnut pudding: A descriptive synonym highlighting the key ingredient.
• Plum pudding glacé: A related, though not identical, frozen dessert concept.

Notes on Meaning

This word has only one specific culinary meaning. It is named after Count Karl Robert von Nesselrode, a 19th-century Russian diplomat.

Noun

1. a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum