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🟤 Light brown 🌰 A hazelnut 🥩 A small meat piece
noisette

noisette

8.8
A small round piece of meat usually from lamb served as a dish
  • noun
  • /nɔɪˈzɛt/
translation icon : noisette
  • She ordered the lamb noisette at the French restaurant for a special treat.

Examples

  • The chef prepared a chicken noisette with a creamy hazelnut sauce.

  • For dessert, they enjoyed a chocolate cake topped with a noisette glaze.

  • The chef prepared a delicious noisette of lamb.

  • They served noisettes with a side of vegetables.

  • She ordered the lamb noisette at the French restaurant for a special treat.

  • The chef prepared a delicious noisette of lamb seasoned with herbs.

  • They served small lamb noisettes garnished with a hazelnut sauce.

Synonyms

medallion
vsnoisette
5 4.1

A small, round, flat piece of boneless meat or fish

is usually thicker and often from lamb rather than flat boneless cuts
collop
vsnoisette
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small slice of meat or other food

is a specific small round cut often from lamb rather than any slice

Compounds

beurre noisette
  • Specialized
9.9

Butter cooked until light brown that has a nutty taste and is used as a sauce

Surface Forms

noisette singular
noisettes plural

Etymology

Noisette originally meant 'little nut' in French. Chefs use noisette for a small, round piece of meat because it looks like a nut, and the same word is used for dishes that have a hazelnut flavour.