Papillote

Quick meaning: Papillote is a noun meaning (cooking) A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.

Meaning

(cooking) A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.

More Meanings

1. (hair styling, often in the plural) A small piece of paper used to roll up hair to make it curl.

Example Sentences

cooked en papillote

"Good heavens, what has happened!" thought Glorvina, trembling with all the papillotes.

Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before opening the papillote. Be very careful when you open it, since the papillote fills up with steam while it's cooking and it can be very hot.

Emily Arundel stood by the dressing-table. The last curl of her dark hair had received its last braid of pearls; the professor of papillotes had decided, and she quite agreed with him, that à la Calypso best suited with her Grecian style of feature.

Word Forms

• papillotes

Synonyms for papillote

Depending on context, synonyms include curlpaper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include en papillote, parcel, paupiette, puff pastry, wrap, foldover.

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