catànies

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A box of catànies

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan catànies.

Noun

catànies (plural catànies)

  1. A Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.
    • 2014, Timothy G. Roufs Ph.D., Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture:
      Crema Catalana is used in stuffed fruits, such as Peres de Lleida, pears from Lleida, one of the oldest towns in Catalonia; Catànies, Catalan marcona sweetened almonds; Mató de Pedralbes, a Catalan cream treat from Barcelona; Manjar blanco, a Spanish blancmange eaten throughout the Spanish-speaking world; and Xuixos, a deep-fried custard-filled cylindrical pastry.
    • 2017, Insight Guides, Experience Barcelona:
      Other sweet treats include catànies, chocolate-covered Catalan almonds, nutty galetas (biscuits), melindros (ladyfingers) and many varieties of torró (nougat).
    • 2020, Miquel Àngel Lopezosa Criado, p53: The Molecule of Life:
      The rest of the dinner went on with a tense normality and, as soon as we had our catànies and coffee, we said goodbye to the family, alluding to the fact that we had to get up early in the morning.

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Noun

catànies

  1. plural of catània