🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Tatin

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ta.tin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tatin/ta.tɛ̃/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Fizemos uma tatin de pêra para a sobremesa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of upside-down pastry, typically made with caramelized fruit, most commonly apples.

    "For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious apple tatin, warm and served with vanilla ice cream."
  2. 2

    A dish that is prepared by cooking fruit in a caramel sauce before baking it under a pastry crust.

    "The chef's signature dish is a pear tatin that melts in your mouth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'tatin' originates from the name of the Tatin sisters, who created the dish in the late 19th century in France. The dish evolved from a traditional apple pie, where the apples are caramelized in butter and sugar before being baked under a pastry crust.

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