coulibiac

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noun

A loaf of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nouncoulibiac (countable and uncountable, plural coulibiacs)

plural coulibiacs · alternative koulibiac · alternative koulibiaca

  1. countableuncountableA loaf of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell.

    ALTHOUGH beef Stroganoff are^([sic]) the best known of Russian dishes, one of the simplest yet most delicious of foods originated in that country goes by the unusual name of coulibiac. Coulibiac resembles an oversized turnover made with a rich pastry and, as filling, salmon, meat or cabbage.

    1959 May 28, Craig Claiborne, “Cabbage, Beef, Salmon Appetizing Fillings Used”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Russianкулебя́ка
  2. Englishcoulibiac

Borrowed from Russian кулебя́ка (kulebjáka). Compare French koulibiac.

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Translations

French koulibiac
  • koulibiacload of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell
Russian кулебя́ка
  • кулебя́ка (kulebjáka)load of fish, meat, or vegetables baked in a pastry shell
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Chicago

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