Definition of "blancmange" [blanc•mange]

• A flavored and sweetened milk pudding thickened with cornstarch. (noun)

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• "To serve, dip the jelly mould into a bowl of hot water to loosen the blancmange from the mould, then quickly turn it out into the centre of a serving plate."
• "I became hooked on freshly-pressed passion-fruit purée and probably drank several glasses a day, and also on the gorgeous pudim de maracuja, something like passion-fruit blancmange only delicious in a way that the term 'blancmange' would seem to render pretty unlikely, which my favourite rather scruffy neighbourhood restaurant, the "Tangerina", served."
• "But isn't that "blancmange" if I'm remembering my Monty Python correctly?"