fricandeau
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Origin of fricandeau
1700–10; < French, Middle French, equivalent to fric ( asser ) to fricassee (with -asser taken as a suffix) + -ande noun suffix ( see viand) + -eau diminutive suffix (≪ Latin -ellus; see -elle)
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It is the sugar of the carrot and that of the onion, or of the garlic, that gives such a peculiar and delicious flavor to gravies and sauces, to beef à la mode, fricandeau, etc.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
Soon his cheerful voice was heard, echoing along the low rafters of the little inn, loudly calling for Annette and for news of the baked omelette and the fricandeau.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
When it is stewed and the sauce strained off, complete it in the manner of any other fricandeau; putting a good sauce under it, either brown or white, as you chuse.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
Here he is pathetic over a promising but not performing dinner at Auray—“soup, Carnac oysters, shrimps, fricandeau of veal, breast of veal, and asparagus;” but “everything so detestable” that his dinner was bread and cheese.
From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George
I feel sure that the fricandeau is done to a turn by now.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Their talk was of sauces and of cooks, what dishes each cook was famous for; whether his forte lay in white sauces or brown, in soups, lentilles, fricandeaus, bechemele, matelotes, daubes, &c.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
I am, I hope, in the last week of my stay in this paradise of mud, and fricandeaus.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John
It may be used with the feather of a quill, to colour meats, such as the upper part of fricandeaux; and to impart colour to sauces.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
The leg is used for cutlets, fricandeaux, stews and roasts, and for braising.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria
All the meat, ragouts, fricandeaux, and roasts, which are served round at dinner, seem to me to be of the same meat: a black uncertain sort of viand do these "fleshpots of Egypt" contain.
From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace
These are very small fricandeaux, two or three of which are served on one dish, and they sometimes also are delicate, but highly-flavoured minces, formed into any approved shapes.
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
Veal, a white fricandeaux of, 62. brown, do.
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
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