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eschalot

American  
[esh-uh-lot, esh-uh-lot] / ˈɛʃ əˌlɒt, ˌɛʃ əˈlɒt /

noun

  1. shallot.


eschalot British  
/ ˌɛʃəˈlɒt, ˈɛʃəˌlɒt /

noun

  1. another name for a shallot

"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 eschalot

1695–1705; < French, Middle French eschalotte, diminutive of eschaloigne scallion

Example Sentences

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But there is no saying, your honour eats more when I have brought him back onions, eschalot, and ail; now do I lie, your honour?

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

Potato Rissoles.—Boil the potatoes floury; mash them, seasoning them with salt and a little cayenne; mince parsley very fine, and work up with the potatoes, adding eschalot, also chopped small.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

It is only in coarse cooking that the flavour of onions, pepper, garlic, nutmeg, and eschalot is permitted to prevail.

From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

No. 307 for sauce, to which some add a few drops of eschalot wine or vinegar.

From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William

Boil them, take the meat out of the bodies, and large claws; put it into stew pan with half a pint of claret, spoonful of eschalot vinegar, a little cayenne, some salt, piece of butter.

From Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book by Shuman, Carrie V.

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