en-papillote

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French en papillote (literally “in paper”), see papillote.

Noun

en-papillote (uncountable)

  1. (cooking) A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.
    fish baked en papillote
    • 1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste, translation of Physiologie du Goût by Brillat-Savarin, page 114:
      Suffice it to say that the partridge wings were served en papillote, and the grey squirrels stewed in madeira.

Synonyms
  • al cartoccio (term derived from Italian, instead of French)

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