Definitions

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  • noun A boned piece of meat, fish or poultry that has been rolled around a stuffing, tied into a bundle, and roasted or braised

Etymologies

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French ballottine

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Examples

  • It has been quite a journey for Redknapp to the highest level and to the point where supporters in suits will pay so handsomely for the pleasure of his company over ballotine of foie gras.

    Confident Harry Redknapp happy to joke Fábregas wants to join Spurs | David Hytner 2011

  • There was a small round of pig ballotine, a rather ordinary fritter.

    Jay Rayner's restaurant review 2011

  • It was a proper ballotine, too, a kind of sausage made with large chunks of meat in which the rabbit flavours hopped about in agreeable fashion, and were neatly offset by the sweetness of the carrot purée.

    Restaurant: The Pump House, Bristol 2010

  • I led the attack on the Bath chap and the wild rabbit ballotine.

    Restaurant: The Pump House, Bristol 2010

  • I assume the wild rabbit in the ballotine of wild rabbit with jack by the hedge (aka hedge garlic or garlic mustard), Barrow Gurney black pudding and carrot purée was foraged, as was the jack by the hedge, although I guess the black pudding and carrots were not.

    Restaurant: The Pump House, Bristol 2010

  • On the Menu Below, some unusual dishes chefs have planned this Thanksgiving London Christopher's American Bar and Grill Locally produced Norfolk turkey, boned and rolled into a ballotine, would have knocked Miles Standish's gaiters off.

    Cold Turkey 2007

  • Studding the dry richness of the ballotine were flavors of cornichons, capers, and foie, in supporting roles never overpowering the salty pork bits the dish was about.

    Chef's Table in Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the London, 194 gratlillian stars from 12/10/06 2007

  • Studding the dry richness of the ballotine were flavors of cornichons, capers, and foie, in supporting roles never overpowering the salty pork bits the dish was about.

    Augieland: 2007

  • Studding the dry richness of the ballotine were flavors of cornichons, capers, and foie, in supporting roles never overpowering the salty pork bits the dish was about.

    Augieland: 2006

  • Studding the dry richness of the ballotine were flavors of cornichons, capers, and foie, in supporting roles never overpowering the salty pork bits the dish was about.

    Chef's Table in Restaurant Gordon Ramsay at the London, 194 gratlillian stars 2006

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