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

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chaudfroid

Before covering a galantine with chaudfroid fill any irregularities on the surface of the meat with a little of the sauce which has been placed on ice to set.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

The latter is the method used for chaudfroid dishes, which are usually much ornamented.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

I painted a chaudfroid on an old plate.

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

The ornament of cut truffles is applied by taking each piece on a long pin and placing it on the chaudfroid before it is quite set.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

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 Janet McKenzie Hill