en brochette

adjective

en bro·​chette ˌäⁿ-brō-ˈshet How to pronounce en brochette (audio)
of food
: cooked or served on a skewer
shrimp en brochette

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The menu will include crabmeat maison, oysters en brochette, trout amandine and coffee cake bread pudding. Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 2 Mar. 2018 The menu, by long-time chef Robert Finley, was French with some Creole flavors thrown in: oysters en brochette, vichyssoise, rack of lamb, duck with cherry orange sauce and stuffed leg of rabbit. Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 26 Dec. 2017

Word History

Etymology

French

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of en brochette was circa 1909

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“En brochette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20brochette. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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