matelote

Examples

• All

• The chef prepared a delicious matelote with fresh trout and herbs.

• Jean-Paul interrupted to direct their waiter, "The matelote for me, the foie gras for Michel."

  Fiction book (1991)

• It is cervelles en matelote.

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

• At the restaurant, the special was a rich matelote bursting with flavors of the sea.

Synonyms

B

bisque

vsmatelote

11 7.4

A rich creamy soup made from shellfish like lobster or crab

is a highly seasoned, chunkier fish stew rather than a smooth shellfish soup

B

bouillon

vsmatelote

7 6.7

A clear hot broth made by slowly cooking meat, fish, or vegetables in water

is a thicker seasoned stew with freshwater fish pieces rather than clear broth

B

bouillabaisse

vsmatelote

7 9.9

A rich seafood soup from southern France with tomatoes, garlic, and saffron

is made with freshwater fish cooked in wine and stock rather than sea produce

M

minestrone

vsmatelote

4 4.9

A thick Italian soup with many vegetables, often beans and pasta

focuses on freshwater fish cooked in wine and stock rather than mixed vegetables

D

daube

vsmatelote

9.7

A beef stew slowly cooked in wine with vegetables and herbs

focuses on freshwater fish cooked in wine and stock rather than braised beef

B

beef Bourguignonne

vsmatelote

8.3

A French dish of beef cooked slowly in red wine with mushrooms and onions

uses freshwater fish and stock rather than beef and mushroom ingredients

C

carbonnade flamande

vsmatelote

9.9

A Flemish stew of beef slowly cooked in beer and often served with potatoes

is cooked with wine and stock using freshwater fish rather than beer and beef

How Seasoned

matelote

1 9.9

fish chowder

• US

1 2.7

fish stew

1 1.1

broth

76 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology