A ''bombe glacée'', or simply a bombe in English, is an

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frozen in a spherical mould so as to resemble a

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, hence the name ''ice cream bomb''.

Escoffier Georges Auguste Escoffier (; 28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoi ...

gives over sixty recipes for ''bombes'' in ''

Le Guide culinaire ''Le Guide Culinaire'' () is Georges Auguste Escoffier, Escoffier's 1903 French cuisine, French restaurant cuisine cookbook, his first. It is a classic and still in print. Escoffier developed the recipes while working at the Savoy, Ritz and Carlto ...

''.

Auguste Escoffier Georges Auguste Escoffier (; 28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier's technique was based on that of Marie-Antoi ...

, (1907), ''Le Guide culinaire''. The dessert appeared on restaurant menus as early as 1882. By extension, the term has been used to refer to any ice cream confection shaped through molding, not necessarily hemispherical. It has also been used to include dishes made with other frozen desserts, such as sherbet,

sorbet Sorbet (), also called "water ice", is a frozen dessert made using ice combined with fruit juice, fruit purée, wine, liqueur, honey, etc. Generally sorbets do not contain dairy ingredients, while sherbets do. Etymology The word "sorbet" e ...

, or

mousse A mousse (; ; "foam") is a soft prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. Depending on preparation techniques, it can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick. A mousse may be sweet or savory. as e ...

Background

Among Agnes Blackwell Herrick's papers was a copy of the Paris Embassy's Dinner Party Record from 1921 to 1922. There were 16 different bombes in the collection of recipes, many with geographic names like Alhambra, Muscovite and Cleopatre. It was part of the menu for the

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of Queen Elizabeth and

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. It was served at a White House state dinner hosted by

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and

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for the Sudanese president

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, and by Queen Elizabeth for Laura and President Bush.

Preparation

The bombe mold is lined with ice cream and filled with a mixture that called ''pâte à bombe'' so the ice cream forms the outer shell of the dessert. The filling can be flavored with a fruit-based

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Types

Baked Alaska Baked Alaska, also known as Bombe Alaska, ''omelette norvégienne, omelette surprise,'' or ''omelette sibérienne'' depending on the country, is a dessert consisting of ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue. The dish is made of ice cre ...

is a bombe which is baked, frozen and

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ed.''The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets'' The Italian dessert

spumoni Spumone (from ''spuma'' or "foam"), plural spumoni, is a molded gelato (a lower-fat Italian form of ice cream) made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts. Typically, it is of three flavors, wi ...

is shaped as a bombe with a

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filling and

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ice cream forming the outside layer. The "watermelon bombe" is three layered with green-tinted ice cream on the outside, with a thin layer of white ice cream and a red inside layer with chocolate chips. Nesselrode Pudding is a thick

cream that is molded and served as a bombe with maraschino custard sauce. The custard is made with sweetened

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puree, dried fruits, cherry liquor and whipped cream. In

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''Creme à la Moscovite'' was a partially frozen ice set with

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(or gelatin), similar to

bavarois Bavarian cream, crème bavaroise or simply bavarois is a dessert consisting of milk thickened with eggs and gelatin or isinglass, into which whipped cream is folded. The mixture sets up in a cold mold and is unmolded for serving. Earlier versions ...

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