Oblea is a

wafer A wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, light and dry biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes. Wafers can also be made into cookies with cream flavoring sandwiched between them. They ...

dessert typical of

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and

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n countries, it consists of two communion wafers sandwiching

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. While obleas are typically filled with

they may also contain jam, cheese, fruits,

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, or a combination of multiple fillings. They are sometimes served with

marmalade Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. The well-known version is made from bitter orange. It is also made from lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins, sweet oranges, bergamo ...

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, chocolate, raspberry sauce, cheese, coconut or other toppings. It is cooked between two plates (wafer pans), like waffles, or sometimes flattened on an empty reel. In Germany, it is a thin biscuit with a base of unleavened bread with sugar. In Switzerland, the wafers are called bricelets. In Algeria in the 1950s (before independence), street vendors offered wafers from Paris. It derives from the Old French words oblaye, obleie, wafer (xii), would come from ecclesiastical Low Latin: 'oblata' (hostia) ⇒ "offering, bread offered to the Eucharist", feminine noun noun of "oblatus" ⇒ "offered" esp "offered to God, sacrificed" (see Oblates), used as a past participle of "offe" (from 'ob ferre "to bring before")". According to other older lexicographers, the term wafer could have its origin in the Greek word 'obelias' (where the term used by Rabelais comes from) which referred to a long and narrow bread cooked on a grill or between two plates and was sold like a grain of sand to be served at the end of the meal and dipped in wine. The original meaning of the word was that of unleavened bread used in the consecration of the mass, the second meaning, the cookie originally prepared as a host.

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