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‖ rillettes|rijɛt|
[F. rillettes pl.]
A tinned preparation of minced ham, chicken, fat, etc. Also rillettes de Tours, a finely-minced pork pâté from the Tours region of France.
1889J. Whitehead Steward's Handbk. iv. 420/1 Rillettes de Tours, cold cakes of meat of the head-cheese order. At the Paris ham fairs the rillette makers build up fancy pyramids of small rillettes and decorate them. 1894G. du Maurier Trilby I. iii. 238 Tongues, hams, rillettes de Tours..for the supper. 1896Southampton Times 11 Jan. 6/1 Charged with stealing 4 lbs. of rilletts. Ibid. He identified the..tins of rilletts as the property of the company. 1931A. de Croze What to eat & drink in France xix. 160 Rillettes de Tours (same preparations as for ‘Rillons’, but the dices of meat are chopped and warmed again before being potted). 1960E. David French Provincial Cooking 215 Another speciality..was the pâté made largely with grattons, the little browned scraps which are the residue after the pork fat has been melted down, and which were also the original ingredient of the renowned rillettes de Tours. 1973Times 26 May 12/5 One local resident..writes, properly conscience-stricken, in praise of its [sc. a restaurant's] rillettes and ratatouille. |