rillettes
plural noun
ril·lettes
ri-ˈlets 
-ˈyet
: cooked shredded meat (such as pork or duck) or fish preserved in fat
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The menu is concise, including dishes like crudités with seaweed hummus and gnocchi with roasted sunchokes and mushrooms, but there are a few meat options, such as Liberty duck rillettes.
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Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2023
De Leon is bringing a new menu to the Mediterranean wine bar and restaurant with dishes like duck rillettes, bacalao fritters, and yellowfin tuna crudo.
—Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
Eventually, the charcuterie program will expand to include items such as goose rillettes and duck liver parfait, Szymanski told Eater NY.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2022
An onsite kitchen will prepare simple foods to pair with the wines, like salmon rillettes, croque monsieur sandwiches and charcuterie plates.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2022
Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like paté or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath.
—Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022
Hungry visitors can opt for tastings accompanied by a short menu including caviar and duck rillettes.
—Lettie Teague, WSJ, 24 May 2022
Depardieu, an old thalasso hand, invites Houellebecq to his suite to feast on illicit stocks of wine and rillettes.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Executive chef Jammir Gray's imaginative dishes are both elevated and crave-worthy — think: smoked trout rillettes with fattoria bread and squid ink capellini.
—Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2021
Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2023
De Leon is bringing a new menu to the Mediterranean wine bar and restaurant with dishes like duck rillettes, bacalao fritters, and yellowfin tuna crudo.
—Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
Eventually, the charcuterie program will expand to include items such as goose rillettes and duck liver parfait, Szymanski told Eater NY.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2022
An onsite kitchen will prepare simple foods to pair with the wines, like salmon rillettes, croque monsieur sandwiches and charcuterie plates.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2022
Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like paté or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath.
—Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022
Hungry visitors can opt for tastings accompanied by a short menu including caviar and duck rillettes.
—Lettie Teague, WSJ, 24 May 2022
Depardieu, an old thalasso hand, invites Houellebecq to his suite to feast on illicit stocks of wine and rillettes.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
Executive chef Jammir Gray's imaginative dishes are both elevated and crave-worthy — think: smoked trout rillettes with fattoria bread and squid ink capellini.
—Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2021
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