Definitions For Tortoni

Noun

TORTONI (plural TORTONIs) Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavour#verb, flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped#adjective, chopped cherry, cherries and top#verb, topped with almonds, crumbled#adjective, crumbled macaroons, etc. from early 20th c.

Synonyms

biscuit tortoni

Translations

Persian: بیسکویت تورتونی

Etymology

{{multiple images }} Borrowed from the {{bor, en, it, -}} surname Tortoni; the dessert is usually regarded as named after Giuseppe Tortoni, a native of naples, italy, who was the proprietor of the famous Café Tortoni in paris, france, in the early 19th century.{{cite-journal, author=Amanda Hesser, authorlink=Amanda Hesser, title=Recipe Redux: 1898: Tortoni, url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15food-t-000.html, archiveurl=, archivedate=, newspaper={{w, The New York Times}} (The Sunday Magazine), date=12 February 2009, page=MM57}}.

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Anagrams

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