forcemeat

[ fawrs-meet, fohrs- ]

noun

, Cooking.

1. a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.

forcemeat

/ ˈfɔːsˌmiːt /

noun

1. a mixture of chopped or minced ingredients used for stuffing Also calledfarcefarcemeat

Word History and Origins

Origin of forcemeat¹

1680–90; force, variant of obsolete farce stuffing + meat

Word History and Origins

Origin of forcemeat¹

C17: from force (see farce ) + meat

Example Sentences

Take some more tongue, pound and pass it through a sieve and mix it with the forcemeat.

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Butter and fill up some cutlet moulds with the forcemeat, and steam them in the oven.

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Make a stiff forcemeat from the breast of a fowl or pheasant, or the two breasts of partridge or grouse.

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Make a forcemeat of the quails' livers, a small piece of calf's liver, and half their quantity of bacon.

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Line a dish with this forcemeat, put in the snipe, and bake it for an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes.

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Related Words

• filling
• stuffing