Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stew made with a white sauce.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cookery, a white fricassee; also, a minced dish, as of cold veal.
- noun A kind of crude soda, obtained at Aigues-Mortes, in France, by the incineration of Salsola Tragus and S. Kali.
- noun A kind of white sparkling wine made in southern France, often called
blanquette de Limoux . - noun A large variety of pear. Also written
blanket .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) A white fricassee.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
seafood ormeat stew in whitesauce .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His bedroom was above the kitchen and when his grandmother cooked blanquette de veau for Sunday lunch, the aromas would waft upstairs.
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Dinner entrees at Michel will average $28 and run to duck a l 'orange, veal cheeks blanquette and John Dory with chardonnay sauce.
A Date for Michel: October 26 Justin Rude 2010
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The opening dinner menu kicks off with daurade crudo, baked potato/black truffle soup with bacon-grilled-cheese soldiers, and wild boar ragout over fresh pappardelle, while entrees include mustard-crusted lamb loin w/ stuffed artichoke, and spaetzle-supported veal cheek blanquette, though a fat lot of security it afforded that baby.
Thrillist: La Silhouette French-American From Some Very Vetted Vets Thrillist 2011
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My first thought was the blanquette de veau that David Hagedorn featured in one of his Real Entertaining columns this year.
Chat Leftovers: Finally, they're in Dutch Jane Touzalin 2010
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I don't know one French home in which couscous isn't regularly found on the family dinner table and it is considered the favorite dish of the French, second only to veal blanquette.
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Oh, nothing fancy for these simple working folk, but a family gathered around the table together over a hot meal, work put aside, worries forgotten; just an everyday lunch shared, the air filled with succulent odors wafting from a home-cooked, from-scratch pot au feu or blanquette simmering on the stove, laughter and conversation.
Jamie Schler: A Table, Les Enfants! Dinner Is Served! Jamie Schler 2010
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North African restaurants can now be found in every French city large or small and I can purchase a coucoussière almost as easily as I can find a pot in which to cook a blanquette.
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He shrugged, lit a cigarette and we got back to the important work of making a perfect blanquette de veau
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Lunchtimes on weekends and dinnertimes are spent together eating stew or tagine, soup or blanquette, homemade pizza or risotto, something wholesome, made with love.
Jamie Schler: A Table, Les Enfants! Dinner Is Served! Jamie Schler 2010
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Before arrival, Masson says, Wagner always calls in a special request for one of his favorites, blanquette de veau, a veal stew.
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