amandine

Cooked with almonds

Amandine describes a dish prepared or garnished with almonds: trout amandine, green beans amandine.

The word comes from French, where it means "made with almonds." In cooking, it typically indicates slivered or sliced almonds toasted in butter and scattered over fish or vegetables.

Also spelled almondine.

dish

trout

Freshwater game fish

meunière · sauce · sautéed · toasted · sliced · browned · skillet · fillet · crusted · butter

pastry

tart

Sharp-flavored small pie

pâtisserie · marzipan · filling · baking · flour · sugar · oven · glaze · confectionery · dessert

potato

waxy

Resembling paraffin's texture

boiled · buttery · creamy · yellow · small · firm · heirloom · cultivar · roasted · steamed

name

feminine

Pertaining to women

George Sand · Amanda · European · elegant · romantic · literary · classical

Categories
Opposites
culinary preparation style

amandineplain

Basic and unremarkable

unadorned · naked · bare · simple · steamed

ingredient specificity

amandineplain

Basic and unremarkable

simple · unadorned · basic · unembellished · unelaborated

Family

almond, almonds, almond-shaped

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G