Etymology

en-papillote

Today it means: A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven. Full definition →

French en papillote
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  1. French · borrowed fromen papillote
  2. English todayen-papillote

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

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