chaudfroid

American  

[shoh-frwah] / ʃoʊˈfrwɑ /

Or chaud-froid

noun

1. a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.

2. the aspic glaze covering the cold food.

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chaudfroid British  

/ ʃofrwa /

noun

1. a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc

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Etymology

Origin of chaudfroid

1890–95; < French: literally, hot-cold, equivalent to chaud (< Latin cal ( i ) dus; see caldarium) + froid < Latin frīgidus frigid

Example Sentences

They are covered with white chaudfroid sauce, by putting the pieces on a wire tray and pouring the sauce over while still liquid.

From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie

Cut cold cooked chicken into as neat and uniform pieces as possible; remove the skin; make a chaudfroid sauce as directed on page 281.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

I painted a chaudfroid on an old plate.

From Don Orsino by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)