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    croûte
    noun
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    croute
    noun
    a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served

croûte

American  
[kroot] / krut /

noun

  1. crust.


croute British  
/ kruːt /

noun

  1. a small round of toasted bread on which a savoury mixture is served

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of croûte

From French; see origin at crust


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We started our meal by sharing a perfectly cooked scallop served on its shell, covered in pastry dough "en croûte," and bison tartare, which offers a lighter flavor profile than the traditional beef tartare.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

The salmon en croûte was nearly inedible, described accurately by Abby as “the world’s worst sushi roll, too wet on the inside and too dry on the outside.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022

Convivial: Bistro classics — including such complicated dishes as pâté en croûte, with foie gras, duck breast and cured pork shoulder in a savory pie crust — shine at chef Cedric Maupillier’s Convivial in Shaw.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022

McMillan and Morin served raw seafood and French classics such as Dover-sole meunière and pâté en croûte.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

Now do find me a pretty cheap croûte.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Mrs. Russell Barrington

Even better: Brie en croute can be fully assembled and placed in the freezer weeks in advance.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021

Should I be honest about that, or should I just say, “Oh, man, it was awesome!” when they ask how my version of their boeuf en croute recipe turned out?

From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2018

Paté en croute is a dense, savory loaf of pork and foie gras forcemeat, capped with a flavorful gelée and wrapped in a golden, egg-enriched pastry.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2017

I mean, no one else was doing pâté en croute and huge galantines in aspic, elaborate chaud-froid presentations and Marie-Antoine Carême and Auguste Escoffier-era set pieces in 1975.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2017

See, here is the bread-board between two timbers where she cut the bread for the croute au pot.

From The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke

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