Parmentier

American  

[pahr-men-tyey, par-mahn-tyey] / ˌpɑr mɛnˈtyeɪ, par mɑ̃ˈtyeɪ /

French Parmentière

adjective

(sometimes lowercase)

1. (of food) prepared or served with potatoes.

   potage Parmentier.

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Parmentier British  

/ ˈpɑːmənˌtjeɪ, parmɑ̃tje /

adjective

1. (of soups, etc) containing or garnished with potatoes

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Etymology

Origin of Parmentier

1905–10; named after A. A. Parmentier (1737–1813), French promoter of economic botany

Example Sentences

“This strategic transaction continues our investment in high quality businesses that continue to transform our portfolio, accelerate sales growth and improve profitability,” Parker-Hannifin Chief Executive Jenny Parmentier said, adding that the acquisition will create one of the largest global industrial filtration businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's a planet that shouldn't exist," study co-author Vivien Parmentier, a researcher at the Observatory of Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, said in the same statement.

From Salon

AS A 26-YEAR-OLD chef working in Paris in 2002, Shaun McCrain would make hachis Parmentier for staff meals at then-Michelin two-star restaurant Les Élysées du Vernet, under chef Alain Solivérès.

From Seattle Times

This winter, McCrain resurrected hachis Parmentier at Copine, not for the $120, three-course menu offered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, but for one of his Sunday supper takeaway menus.

From Seattle Times

NOTE: Hachis Parmentier can be made a day or two in advance and refrigerated.

From Seattle Times