cassoulet

noun

cas·​sou·​let ˌka-sə-ˈlā How to pronounce cassoulet (audio)
: a casserole of white beans baked with herbs and meat (such as pork, lamb, and goose or duck)

Examples of cassoulet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Apart from being genuinely useful, Mastering the Art of French Cooking also looks exceptionally pretty on a kitchen shelf—and with traditional French cuisine back in fashion at last, learning how to make a truly perfect cassoulet or hollandaise is a brilliant use of dark winter evenings. Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 4 July 2024 In the Olympic dining hall near Paris, carbon imprint will outweigh cassoulet as chefs consider the environmental impact of French cuisine. Andrew Trunsky, New York Times, 8 June 2024 His new dinner menu features such entrees as vegetable cassoulet, Hokkaido scallops and whole pink snapper accompanied by a pistachio romesco sauce. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024 Such bookstores as survive groan with the weight of so many autobiographical food books, and a recipe for cassoulet is likely to be more confessional in tone than a love poem. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cassoulet 

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Word History

Etymology

French, from Occitan, literally, earthenware dish, diminutive of cassolo dish, diminutive of casso ladle, from Old Occitan cassa

First Known Use

circa 1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cassoulet was circa 1929

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“Cassoulet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassoulet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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