English▸ noun
(plural same or dacquoises)
a dessert made from layers of meringue containing ground nuts, with fillings such as cream, buttercream, or ganache between: this dacquoise has stolen the show at many a New Year's Eve party.
▪ the layer of meringue used in a dacquoise dessert, typically containing ground almonds or hazelnuts:
ice cream between thin sheets of dacquoise.
– ORIGIN French (feminine), literally ‘of Dax’ (a town in France).