praline
noun/ˈprɑːliːn/, /ˈpreɪliːn/
/ˈpreɪliːn/
[uncountable]- a sweet substance made of nuts and boiled sugar, often used to fill chocolatesTopics Foodc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, named after Marshal de Plessis-Praslin (1598–1675), the French soldier whose cook invented it.
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