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En papillote

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

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In culinary arts & cooking, en papillote means: Cooked inside a folded paper parcel that holds moisture and aroma around the food.

In Turkish: kağıt paket içinde pişirilmiş

How it is used

Used after a food name on menus, especially with fish.

Example sentences

  1. The menu offers sea bass en papillote with fennel.

    The phrase tells the diner how the fish is enclosed for cooking.

  2. Vegetables en papillote arrived in individual paper parcels.

    The parcel method can also be applied to vegetables.

Common collocations

  • fish en papillote
  • salmon en papillote
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • steamTo cook food in the hot vapour rising from boiling water, without the food touching the water itself.

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