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galantine

galantine

1 9.9
A cold cooked dish of chicken with the bones removed, filled and set in jelly
  • noun
  • /ˌɡælənˈtiːn/
  • Specialized
: galantina
  • At the banquet, guests enjoyed a rich galantine of chicken, filled with herbs and spices.
  • chicken galantine

Examples

  • Prospectors had also discovered iron and copper pyrites, galantine, sulfonic acids, salts, and more varieties of mercaptan than the chemists could classify.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Peter de Montfort and the Countess herself have a taste of everything, and Peter summons back the carp for a larger serving, his trencher well soaked in sauce galantine.

    Blog text (6)

  • - Galantine of quail stuffed with black truffle on a nest of fried leek and herbs.

    Sleeping Beauty (2011)

  • Next comes a charger of carp from Kenilworth's Mere, served in a pond of sauce galantine (*recipe1).

    Blog text (6)

  • The chef presented a beautiful galantine of duck, elegantly garnished and served cold.

  • For the appetizer, they served a delicate galantine of quail, accompanied by a tangy sauce.

Surface Forms

galantine singular
galantines plural

Etymology

Galantine comes from the French word galant, meaning 'gallant' or 'elegant', the same idea as the English word gallant; so a galantine is a fancy, carefully made boned and stuffed poultry dish that is served cold.