The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cassolette
Cassolette \Cas`so*lette"\, n. [F.] a box, or vase, with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
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cassolette
n. A box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
Wikipedia
Cassolette
Cassolette (from the diminutive form of the French word cassole, a small container) may refer to:
A small porcelain, glass, or metal container used for the cooking and serving of individual dishes. It also refers to the ingredients and recipe itself:
- Cassolettes ambassadrice: A ragoût of chicken livers with a duchesse potato border.
- Cassolettes bouquetière: creamed vegetables topped with asparagus tips and cauliflower florets.
- Cassolettes marquise: Crayfish tails à la Nantua to which diced truffles and mushrooms have been added with a border of puff pastry.
- Cassolettes Régence: a salpicon of chicken breast and truffles in a velouté sauce, topped with asparagus tips with a border of duchesse potatoes.
Usage examples of "cassolette".
She answered noncommittally to begin with, but after a time, when he had given her a more than sketchy history of a particularly interesting pair of cassolettes in one of the bedrooms, she turned to face him.