en-papillote

English

Alternative forms

• en papillote

Etymology

Borrowed from French en papillote (literally “in paper”), see papillote.

Noun

en-papillote (uncountable)

1. (cooking) A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.

   fish baked en papillote

   • 1854, Fayette Robinson, transl., The Physiology of Taste, translation of Physiologie du Goût by Brillat-Savarin, page 114:

     Suffice it to say that the partridge wings were served en papillote, and the grey squirrels stewed in madeira.

Synonyms

• al cartoccio (term derived from Italian, instead of French)

See also

• en-vessie
• sous-vide
• boil-in-bag

Further reading

• “en papillote”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.