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Definition of posset in English: possetnounPlural possets ˈpɒsɪtˈpɑsət mass noun1A cold dessert made from thickened cream, typically flavoured with lemon. lemon posset glazed with a sugar caramel Example sentencesExamples - Choose from lemon posset with raspberries, vanilla cheesecake with honeycomb and caramel, and a tiny little apple crumble with custard.
- Passion-fruit posset was creamy, and dense with tropical fruits.
- During our annual summer stay in North Yorkshire, we generally cook at home, luxuriating in the fantastic quality of local surf and turf, but I was lured into the restaurant by a pot of lemon posset.
- I think I love the names of trifles, possets, fools and syllabubs, more than I enjoy eating them.
- A selection of British cheese and biscuits, and a refreshing lemon posset with fresh raspberries rounded things off nicely, with a nice bottle of white wine, of course.
- We settled on lemon and tayberry posset.
- She chose the lemon posset from the traditional dessert menu, which also proved a hit, while Louis and I had coffee.
- Inevitably, my wife finished with posset, the same tangy pud sold at the shop but bolstered with blackberries and strawberries.
- To serve, place blood orange segments and chopped rhubarb on top of the set lemon posset and enjoy with the shortbread.
- Among the dessert offerings were such treats as lemon posset with whipped cream and shortbread fingers, and summer pudding with whipped cream in a filo pastry basket.
- For dessert I had a lemon posset with a berry consommé, which the waitress poured over the dessert at the table, topping it with raspberries.
- That year I remember we made lemon posset with butter shortbread, a dessert which previously hadn't been served up in our house.
- You can make the first part of the posset a day or so in advance, saving the whipping part for the last minute.
- Ann was tempted to conclude her lunch with a pudding, especially the lemon posset.
- To serve, simply spoon whipped posset into four to six individual ramekins and top with a scoop of berries.
2historical A drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcohol and typically flavoured with spices. Example sentencesExamples - Spiced cider and the alcoholic posset were served hot, but the staple beverage everywhere was beer, beginning with breakfast.
- A posset was a hot drink made from milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, often with sugar, spices, and herbs added in.
- She chose the lemon posset from the traditional dessert menu, which also proved a hit, while Louis and I had coffee.
- I think I love the names of trifles, possets, fools and syllabubs more than I enjoy eating them.
- There's more about possets, and a recipe, here.
verbpossetting, possets, possetted ˈpɒsɪtˈpɑsət [no object](of a baby) regurgitate curdled milk. bless its little heart, it's possetting again Example sentencesExamples - Of course, Freddie pulled my hair and possetted onto it as soon as I got home again!
- From time to time the baby belched and possetted back a small quantity of milk.
- I'm so used to the constant ‘possetting’ I forgot to mention it when I dropped the boy off, so the olds spent the day wondering whether Jr was really sick in a contagious sort of way.
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded in English dialect in the late 19th century. Definition of posset in US English: possetnounˈpäsətˈpɑsət 1A cold dessert made from thickened cream, typically flavored with lemon. lemon posset glazed with a sugar caramel Example sentencesExamples - She chose the lemon posset from the traditional dessert menu, which also proved a hit, while Louis and I had coffee.
- We settled on lemon and tayberry posset.
- To serve, simply spoon whipped posset into four to six individual ramekins and top with a scoop of berries.
- A selection of British cheese and biscuits, and a refreshing lemon posset with fresh raspberries rounded things off nicely, with a nice bottle of white wine, of course.
- For dessert I had a lemon posset with a berry consommé, which the waitress poured over the dessert at the table, topping it with raspberries.
- Ann was tempted to conclude her lunch with a pudding, especially the lemon posset.
- To serve, place blood orange segments and chopped rhubarb on top of the set lemon posset and enjoy with the shortbread.
- Inevitably, my wife finished with posset, the same tangy pud sold at the shop but bolstered with blackberries and strawberries.
- During our annual summer stay in North Yorkshire, we generally cook at home, luxuriating in the fantastic quality of local surf and turf, but I was lured into the restaurant by a pot of lemon posset.
- I think I love the names of trifles, possets, fools and syllabubs, more than I enjoy eating them.
- You can make the first part of the posset a day or so in advance, saving the whipping part for the last minute.
- Choose from lemon posset with raspberries, vanilla cheesecake with honeycomb and caramel, and a tiny little apple crumble with custard.
- That year I remember we made lemon posset with butter shortbread, a dessert which previously hadn't been served up in our house.
- Passion-fruit posset was creamy, and dense with tropical fruits.
- Among the dessert offerings were such treats as lemon posset with whipped cream and shortbread fingers, and summer pudding with whipped cream in a filo pastry basket.
2historical A drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other alcoholic liquor and typically flavored with spices, drunk as a delicacy or as a remedy for colds. Example sentencesExamples - A posset was a hot drink made from milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor, often with sugar, spices, and herbs added in.
- There's more about possets, and a recipe, here.
- She chose the lemon posset from the traditional dessert menu, which also proved a hit, while Louis and I had coffee.
- Spiced cider and the alcoholic posset were served hot, but the staple beverage everywhere was beer, beginning with breakfast.
- I think I love the names of trifles, possets, fools and syllabubs more than I enjoy eating them.
verbˈpäsətˈpɑsət [no object](of a baby) regurgitate curdled milk. bless its little heart, it's possetting again Example sentencesExamples - From time to time the baby belched and possetted back a small quantity of milk.
- I'm so used to the constant ‘possetting’ I forgot to mention it when I dropped the boy off, so the olds spent the day wondering whether Jr was really sick in a contagious sort of way.
- Of course, Freddie pulled my hair and possetted onto it as soon as I got home again!
Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded in English dialect in the late 19th century. |