steak au poivre

noun

A steak that is coated with crushed peppercorns, fried, and finished with a cream and brandy sauce.

Similar
peppered steakpepper steak
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Meanings

nounsteak au poivre (plural steak au poivres or steaks au poivre)

plural steak au poivres · plural steaks au poivre

  1. A steak that is coated with crushed peppercorns, fried, and finished with a cream and brandy sauce.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsteak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce

Similar
peppered steakpepper steak
Broader
dish
Also see
pepper steak

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

French, meaning "peppered steak".

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Chicago

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