escalope de veau Orloff

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Thin veal cutlets topped with onion sauce and liver paste, covered with cheese and baked

noun

: escalope de ternera Orloff

At the fine dining restaurant, I enjoyed a beautifully presented escalope de veau Orloff with creamy Soubise sauce.

Examples

For tonight's dinner party, the chef prepared escalope de veau Orloff as the main course.
I tasted escalope de veau Orloff during my trip to Paris and was impressed by its rich flavors.
Classic French menus often feature escalope de veau Orloff among their most elegant dishes.
I ordered an escalope de veau Orloff for dinner.
The restaurant serves delicious escalopes de veau Orloff.
During my culinary class, we learned how to make escalope de veau Orloff with the perfect balance of flavors.
For a special occasion, she decided to serve escalope de veau Orloff topped with grated Parmesan and fresh herbs.

Surface Forms

escalope de veau Orloff singular

escalopes de veau Orloff plural

Morphology

escalope + de + veau + Orloff

The phrase literally combines 'escalope' (a thin cutlet) + 'de veau' (of veal) + 'Orloff' (a named preparation), so a learner who knows those words can infer it denotes a veal cutlet prepared in the Orloff style. However, 'Orloff' is a proper recipe name that does not transparently indicate the specific ingredients or method (Soubise sauce, liver paste, cheese, baking), so the precise culinary meaning is not fully predictable.

Etymology

Escalope de veau Orloff may come from a French chef who made a special veal cutlet for a rich Russian noble called Orloff. The name joins escalope de veau ('thin veal slice') with the noble's name, and because the cook layered the meat with onion sauce and liver paste and then baked it, the phrase now means a veal cutlet made in that rich 'Orloff' style.