rissole
9.0
A small round piece of cooked meat or fish covered in egg and breadcrumbs and fried
- noun
- /ˈrɪsoʊl/
- UK
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rissol
- For dinner, she prepared delicious rissoles made with minced beef and spices.
Examples
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Now, does anybody fancy another one of these rissoles?
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Rissoles are cheap today!
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And, oh, you have to eat it with rissoles, potatoes fried in duck fat.
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He served crispy rissoles alongside a fresh garden salad.
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The chef recommended trying the homemade rissoles as a tasty appetizer.
Synonyms
croquette
vsrissole
6
6.0
A small fried ball or roll made from meat, fish and vegetables and coated in breadcrumbs
uses plain minced filling without a white sauce binder
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rissole comes from the French verb rissoler, which means 'to brown' or 'to fry lightly'. That's why a rissole is a small meat or fish patty that is browned or fried to give it a crispy outside.