Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fillet of beef cut from the tenderloin, often bound in bacon or suet for cooking.
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- noun
Filet mignon .
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- noun thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Perigueux, Grand-veneur - for luxuriant dishes such as tournedos Rossini (fillet steak with foie gras on top) or roast veal with truffles; his archaic menu offerings of "Rum Baba comme à
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Perigueux, Grand-veneur - for luxuriant dishes such as tournedos Rossini (fillet steak with foie gras on top) or roast veal with truffles; his archaic menu offerings of "Rum Baba comme à
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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Champagne Sunday Brunch: Paris's or Bellagio's ... each has a variety of gourmet dishes - Bellagio's Friday Buffet will usually have game, tournedos of beef, king crab and the usual prime rib, steak, shrimp, etc. all of top quality, plus different entrees they rotate.
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vsrixyz commented on the word tournedos
Tournedos is said to have originated when the composer Rossini ordered it in a Parisienne restaurant. The waiter was so reluctant to serve such an exquisite cut of meat in this way that he told Rossini that he couldn't bear to see meat served in that fashion, to which Rossini is reputed to have replied, "if you don't wish to see it served that way then 'tourner' (to turn) 'dos' (the back)"
April 16, 2009