rillettes
plural noun
ril·lettes ri-ˈlets 
-ˈyet
: cooked shredded meat (such as pork or duck) or fish preserved in fat
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web An onsite kitchen will prepare simple foods to pair with the wines, like salmon rillettes, croque monsieur sandwiches and charcuterie plates. 
Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2022 Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like paté or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath. Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022 Hungry visitors can opt for tastings accompanied by a short menu including caviar and duck rillettes. Lettie Teague, WSJ, 24 May 2022 Depardieu, an old thalasso hand, invites Houellebecq to his suite to feast on illicit stocks of wine and rillettes. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Executive chef Jammir Gray's imaginative dishes are both elevated and crave-worthy — think: smoked trout rillettes with fattoria bread and squid ink capellini. Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2021 Bar Benno serves French bistro fare in a more relaxed setting, with small plates like saucisson sec with cornichons and salmon rillettes with baguette croutons served alongside cocktails. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021 The meaty spread embraces duck rillettes, head cheese made from delicious pig parts and hinting of star anise, and caramelized onions, which are dark, sticky and swollen with reduced balsamic vinegar. Washington Post, 23 July 2021 See More
Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2022 Not to be confused with other popular charcuterie elements like paté or rillettes, a terrine is made by layering forcemeat with any combination of additional ingredients in a terrine mold to cook slowly in a water bath. Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022 Hungry visitors can opt for tastings accompanied by a short menu including caviar and duck rillettes. Lettie Teague, WSJ, 24 May 2022 Depardieu, an old thalasso hand, invites Houellebecq to his suite to feast on illicit stocks of wine and rillettes. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 Executive chef Jammir Gray's imaginative dishes are both elevated and crave-worthy — think: smoked trout rillettes with fattoria bread and squid ink capellini. Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2021 Bar Benno serves French bistro fare in a more relaxed setting, with small plates like saucisson sec with cornichons and salmon rillettes with baguette croutons served alongside cocktails. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021 The meaty spread embraces duck rillettes, head cheese made from delicious pig parts and hinting of star anise, and caramelized onions, which are dark, sticky and swollen with reduced balsamic vinegar. Washington Post, 23 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
French, plural, diminutive of rille, singular, piece of pork, from Middle French, dialect variant of reille board, lath, from Latin regula straightedge — more at rule
First Known Use
1858, in the meaning defined above