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catànies

catànies noun: a Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.

catànies: a Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate
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Noun

catànies (plural catànies)

  1. A Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.
    • Crema Catalana is used in stuffed fruits, such as Peres de Lleida, pears from Lleida, one of the oldest towns in Catalonia; Catànies, Catalan marcona sweetened almonds; Mató de Pedralbes, a Catalan cream treat from Barcelona; Manjar blanco, a Spanish blancmange eaten throughout the Spanish-speaking...2014, Timothy G. Roufs Ph.D., Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
    • Other sweet treats include catànies, chocolate-covered Catalan almonds, nutty galetas (biscuits), melindros (ladyfingers) and many varieties of torró (nougat).2017, Insight Guides, Experience Barcelona

Forms of catànies

pluralcatànies

Origin of catànies

Borrowed from Catalan catànies.

Questions about catànies

What does catànies mean?
Catànies means a Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.
What part of speech is catànies?
Catànies is a noun.
What is the plural of catànies?
The plural of catànies is catànies.

Words near catànies in the dictionary

  1. catydid
  2. catydids
  3. catylist
  4. catywampus
  5. Catz
  6. catànies
  7. CAU
  8. Cauayan
  9. caubeen
  10. caubeens
  11. Caubian

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