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• rissole
  rissole

  noun

  a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
• rissolé
  rissolé

  adjective

  (of foods) browned in deep fat.

rissole

¹ American  

[ri-sohl, ris-ohl, ree-sawl] / rɪˈsoʊl, ˈrɪs oʊl, riˈsɔl /

noun

plural

rissoles

1. a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.

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rissolé ² American  

[ris-uh-lee, ris-uh-ley, ree-saw-ley] / ˈrɪs ə li, ˌrɪs əˈleɪ, ri sɔˈleɪ /

adjective

1. (of foods) browned in deep fat.

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rissole British  

/ ˈrɪsəʊl /

noun

1. a mixture of minced cooked meat coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried Compare croquette

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Etymology

Origin of rissole¹

1700–10; < French; Middle French roissole, rousole, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *russeola (feminine adj.) reddish

Origin of rissolé²

< French, past participle of rissoler to brown, derivative of rissole rissole

Example Sentences

But it's easier to swallow that frown, grab a rissole and join in.

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2013

An unfired rissole made from grated carrot and flaked peanuts cost at most a penny, and if followed by dates or figs would be a sufficient meal, and 2d. would cover the cost.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

Mrs. Gresley would have liked to sit in the school-room when lessons were over, but Fräulein had been so distant at luncheon about a rissole that she had not the courage to go in.

From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary

My rissole lore is a poor asset in comparison.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 by Various

A well-cooked rissole, brought pleasantly to you, is good eating.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony