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)
Example Sentences
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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
It may also be served with a Mayonnaise, ravigote, or Tartar sauce.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
It is also served with a cranberry, fines herbes, mushroom, piquante, ravigote, tomato, and truffle sauce.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
If more sauce is desired, add to it any of the following: cranberry, piquante, ravigote, Robert, or Tartar.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
When done, remove the paper in which they are enveloped, scrape off the slices without scratching the meat, and serve as warm as possible with a maître-d'hôtel, ravigote, or Madeira sauce.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
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