meunière
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Food covered in flour and fried in butter, often served with lemon and parsley
- adjective
- /məˈnjɛr/
- Specialized
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meunière
- At the restaurant, the sole meunière was served with a lemon butter sauce.
Examples
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The chef recommended the trout meunière for its delicate flavor and crispy texture.
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She learned to prepare fish meunière during her cooking class in Paris.
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The chef prepared the trout meunière for dinner.
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Have you ever tried meunière style fish?
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The chef recommended the trout meunière for its delicate flavor and crispy texture.
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At the restaurant, the sole meunière was served with a lemon butter sauce.
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She learned to prepare fish meunière during her cooking class in Paris.
How Cooked
Surface Forms
meunière positive
Etymology
Meunière comes from the French word meunier, which means 'miller', a person who makes flour in a mill. Because dishes called meunière are lightly coated in flour and fried in butter, the name helps you remember the flour covering and the buttery finish.