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Dumpling of minced meat or fish
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quenelle
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quenelle \Que*nelle"\, n. [F.] (Cookery) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
It can also be served vegetarian, or "nature". Similar items are found in many cuisines. Quenelle may also refer to other food items made into an oval or egg shape, such as ice cream , sorbet , or mashed potato quenelles. This extension of the meaning of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached. 2 An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons. 3 A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, ...
Usage examples of quenelle.
For dessert, you may be offered the silkiest dark-chocolate quenelle with a stylish Asian sauce of saffron, star anise, and cinnamon, or hazelnut cake topped with creme brulee.
In the darkness Enoch Mirren belched lightly from the quenelles of red snapper they had served him, and scooted around on the floor where he was sitting, trying to locate the source of the annoyed voice.
Bond would have liked to stay outside the town and sleep on the banks of the Loire in the excellent Auberge de la Montespan, his belly full of quenelles de brocket.
When the quenelles are cooked pour the hot bacon and fat over them, and serve.
In the darkness Enoch Mirren belched lightly from the quenelles of red snapper they had served him, and scooted around on the floor where he was sitting, trying to locate the source of the annoyed voice.
Cold winter melon soup, gosling salad with raspberry vinegar, a nice sweetbread and truffles teaser, pike and crayfish quenelles, blackened chicken with ze leetle tiny pink peppercorns, the always chi-chi pasta pesto, of course, and to top it off, lightly baked goat cheese and a daring cucumber-pineapple sorbet.
I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos, tagliolinis, con-fits, filos, quenelles, and goodness knows what else.