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en-papillote

en-papillote noun: a method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.

Noun

en-papillote (uncountable)

  1. A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.
    • fish baked en papillote
    • Suffice it to say that the partridge wings were served en papillote, and the grey squirrels stewed in madeira.1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste, translation of Physiologie du Goût by Brillat-Savarin, page 114
    Synonyms:
    al cartoccio

Synonyms of en-papillote

Forms of en-papillote

alternative formen papillote

Origin of en-papillote

Borrowed from French en papillote (literally “in paper”), see papillote.

Questions about en-papillote

What does en-papillote mean?
En-papillote means a method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.
What part of speech is en-papillote?
En-papillote is a noun.

Words near en-papillote in the dictionary

  1. en-Can
  2. en-caul
  3. en-dash
  4. en-masse
  5. En-p'ing
  6. en-papillote
  7. en-route
  8. En-shih
  9. en-suite
  10. en-suites
  11. en-tout-cas

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