Nesselrode pudding

English thumb|Nesselrode pudding topped with fresh cherries and holly Alternative forms en nesselrode pudding Etymology Named after the Russian diplomat Karl Nesselrode (1780–1862). Generally attributed to Chef Mony (or Muny, Munie, Monni or Mouy), who invented the basic idea sometime before 1840 while working for him. Noun ~ A chestnut-based frozen dessert, generally agreed to contain pureed chestnuts, mixed with cream or egg custard, flavoured with dried fruit, including currants, raisins and dried cherries, candied peel and brandy or other spirits. 16 May 1909 Thomas Lansing Masson THE WHITE WOMAN'S BURDEN; Being Some Passing Reflections On Clothes to Be Seen in New York https://archive.ph/iN4tV https://www.nytimes.com/1909/05/16/archives/the-white-womans-burden-being-some-passing-reflections-on-clothes.html 11 February 2026 She began with caviar, sprinted through a cup of chicken gumbo, dallied for a brief while with a delectable brook trout; consorted with a tenderloin and certain congenial vegetables, rallied around a punch frappée, hot-footed with a canvasback duck, loped along arm in arm with an alligator pear salad, began to show signs of distress in company with a Nesselrode pudding and fancy cakes, and was beaten out in the final lap by a bottle of champagne, the demi-tasse coming along too late to give her even a small percentage of the gate receipts. 12 September 1979 w:Craig Claiborne New Life, New Spice For Classic Cookbook https://archive.ph/K8a3n https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/12/archives/new-life-new-spice-for-classic-cookbook-new-life-new-spice-for.html 11 February 2026 It was thanks to her Fannie Farmer that since the cradle dined on Nesselrode pudding, charlotte Russe, shrimp Newburg, curried chicken and poached vegetables with hollandaise sauce. 3 November 1982 w:Mimi Sheraton THE FOOD TASTES OF TASTEMAKERS https://archive.ph/YgZfE https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/03/garden/the-food-tastes-of-tastemakers.html 11 February 2026 It is doubtful that a hovel would be the setting for a dinner that took place on May 2, 1941, when the Knopfs' guest was the violinist Jascha Heifetz. They served soft-shell crabs with a 1928 Chateau Haut-Brion Blanc, broiled young turkey, sweet potatoes and hearts of palm salad with an 1870 Chateau Margaux, a green salad with Monterey Jack cheese (then virtually unknown in the East) and Nesselrode pudding followed by Cognac. en 1984 w:Anita Brookner Hotel du Lac 125 Penguin 2016 [T]he team of girls would now turn the kitchen into their own domain as they manufactured the asparagus rolls and the mushroom vol-au-vents and the tiny cheese beignets and the iced finger of orange cake, and the Nesselrode pudding. Derived terms en Nesselrode,nesselrode Further reading en eponyms en Desserts