chaudfroid
Americannoun
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a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
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the aspic glaze covering the cold food.
noun
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Origin of chaudfroid
1890–95; < French: literally, hot-cold, equivalent to chaud (< Latin cal ( i ) dus; caldarium ) + froid < Latin frīgidus frigid
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The latter is the method used for chaudfroid dishes, which are usually much ornamented.
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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.
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Cut cold cooked chicken into as neat and uniform pieces as possible; remove the skin; make a chaudfroid sauce as directed on page 281.
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Serve with it a Mayonnaise, Béarnaise, or Tartare sauce; or some of the chaudfroid sauce diluted.
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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.
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