Meaning of entrecôte | Babel Free

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Sometimes in full entrecôte steak: a premium cut of beef from between the ribs used for roasts and steaks.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Any dispute about the relative excellence of the beefsteak cut⟳ from the filet, as is usual in France, and of the entrecote, must henceforth be idle and absurd. Whenever, my dear young friend, you go to Paris, call⟳ at once for the entrecote; the filet in comparison to it is a poor fade⟳ lady's meat.”

“The six or the dozen premium cattle are killed, cooked, and tasted by appointed judges; the sirloin is stewed, broiled, roasted, and under each aspect offered to the epicures. The tail is souped, baked, and tested in its turn⟳; the brain is submitted to a French fry, and the entrecotes to a broil with onions.”

“The famous capital of the Gascon country has given its name⟳ to a sauce, to a method of serving the entrecôte or ribsteak, and to the cooking of the crayfish.”

“Entrecôtes of Beef à la Rockaway.—Choose⟳ three thick and tender entrecôtes of beef; pare and flatten with the cleaver; season with salt and pepper, baste with oil and broil rather rare at the least moment over a moderate charcoal fire; […] dish up the entrecôtes with a little butter, smother with the onions, and serve⟳ with scraped horseradish on a plate.”

“The entrecote, or between-the-bone steak, cut⟳ from a piece of the ribs of beef, makes a capital pièce de résistance for a little home dinner.”

“[T]he mate cooked dinner using only genuine French entrecôtes scooped from the deep-freezer in the well-equipped galley, […]”

“We took hot showers and headed for the pub, where we tore into plates of entrecôte and chicken, and lingered late into the night with a small bottle of red Swiss-Italian wine.”

“On a quaint cobblestone street in Houdan, customers file⟳ in and out of the Café de la Paroisse during the lunch rush⟳. On the menu board⟳ are the letters "VF" – viande française – to show⟳ that its steak tartare and entrecôte are made with meat originating in France.”

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