Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dish consisting usually of salmon or other fish baked with rice, mushrooms, and eggs in a brioche or shell of puff pastry.
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- noun A loaf of
fish ,meat , orvegetables baked in apastry shell .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The reception: Guests will load up on coulibiac (fresh salmon baked with rice), mushrooms and spinach in pastry, beef stroganoff, salads and new potatoes.
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That'd be like trying to concoct a decent little coulibiac when all you've been told is that the dish contains a portion or two of wild rice.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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That'd be like trying to concoct a decent little coulibiac when all you've been told is that the dish contains a portion or two of wild rice.
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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Today it’s used to enclose meat pàâtés, to make meat pies, and sometimes as an alternative to puff pastry that surrounds the tenderloin in beef Wellington and the salmon in coulibiac.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Today it’s used to enclose meat pàâtés, to make meat pies, and sometimes as an alternative to puff pastry that surrounds the tenderloin in beef Wellington and the salmon in coulibiac.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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That’d be like trying to concoct a decent little coulibiac when all you’ve been told is that the dish contains a portion or two of wild rice.”
Manner of Death White, Stephen, 1951- 1999
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