ravigote
Americannoun
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a highly seasoned velouté with white wine and vinegar, butter, cream, and mushrooms cooked in liquor, usually served hot with variety meats and poultry.
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a sauce of oil, vinegar, chopped capers, parsley, chervil, tarragon, and onion, served cold with vegetables or seafood or warm with meat.
Etymology
Origin of ravigote
1820–30; < French, derivative of ravigoter to refresh; Middle French, equivalent to ra- (alteration of re- re- ) + vigoter (alteration of vigorer to be vigorous; see vigor)
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Crabmeat Ravigote, by John Besh Since Outward Bound is the first hole of the course, Besh felt that a refreshing dish was necessary, and ravigote literally means "refresh."
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
A roasted or baked prairie-hen is also served with the following sauces: anchovy, caper, Champagne, cranberry, and ravigote or tomato, and currant-jelly.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot
The very derivation of the word "ravigote," from the French verb RAVIGOTER, to cheer or strengthen, shows that certain exhilarating virtues are ascribed to these herbs.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
With a Sauce.—When baked or roasted as above, with or without stuffing, serve it with a piquante, ravigote, or Robert sauce.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot
Polonaise, 107. poulette, 107. prawn, 105. princesse, 108. provençale, 108. ravigote, 108. raspberry, 99. rémolade, 109.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot
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