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

Examples of en brochette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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

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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 24 Apr. 2024.

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