tournedos Rossini

noun

A French dish comprising beef tournedos pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, topped with a hot slice of foie gras, and garnished with black truffle slices and Madeira demiglace sauce.

Meanings

noun
  1. cookingA French dish comprising beef tournedos pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, topped with a hot slice of foie gras, and garnished with black truffle slices and Madeira demiglace sauce.

Origin

Named after the 19th-century composer Gioachino Rossini.

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tournedos Rossini. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tournedos%20Rossini

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“tournedos Rossini.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tournedos%20Rossini. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tournedos Rossini,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tournedos%20Rossini.

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