noun
- oval-shaped dumplings made from a mixture of minced fish, meat, or vegetables bound with egg and formed into smooth ovals
Usage: culinary; French cuisine
Examples
- The chef prepared delicate pike quenelles in a creamy sauce.
- Quenelles are traditionally shaped using two spoons.
- The restaurant’s signature dish featured lobster quenelles.
- She learned to make quenelles during her culinary training in France.
- The quenelles were poached gently in seasoned broth.
- Chicken quenelles make an elegant appetizer for dinner parties.