postre

Definitions of postre
  1. noun
    a dish served as the last course of a meal
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    ambrosía
    fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
    carlota
    a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
    compota
    dessert of stewed or baked fruit
    tarta rellena, torta
    open pastry filled with fruit or custard
    mousse
    a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
    budín, pudding, pudín
    any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
    helado
    a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
    helado
    frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
    cornete, cucurucho
    ice cream in a crisp conical wafer
    polo
    ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
    mousse de chocolate
    dessert mousse made with chocolate
    type of:
    plato
    part of a meal served at one time
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