salmi

American  

[sal-mee] / ˈsæl mi /

noun

1. a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.

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salmi British  

/ ˈsælmɪ /

noun

1. a ragout of game stewed in a rich brown sauce

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Etymology

Origin of salmi

1750–60; < French, short for salmigondis salmagundi ( def. )

Example Sentences

If cooked game is used for the salmi, simmer for ten minutes only after the pieces are added to the sauce.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

The remains from the first cooked mutton, in form of curry, mince, salmi, or sauté, will be a second dish with your fowl.

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Owen, Catherine

Helping himself without loss of time to the salmi, he ate away, like one whose appetite had suffered a sore trial from suspense.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

His chef had eked out a salmi of ortolans by a thrush; and it was exactly that unlucky morsel the Cardinal had helped himself to at breakfast, and immediately sent his plate away in disappointment.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

It was true: the prince looked very pale; his eyes were dull, but he bore himself manfully, ate a little fish, trifled with a salmi of game.

From Majesty A Novel by Couperus, Louis