noun
- a French preparation of shredded meat (typically pork) cooked slowly in its own fat and served as a spread
Usage: culinary; usually plural
Examples
- The chef served rillettes on crusty bread as an appetizer.
- Traditional pork rillettes are made by slow-cooking the meat for hours.
- She spread the rich rillettes on toast points for the dinner party.
- The French delicatessen offered duck rillettes alongside the usual pork variety.
- Rillettes have a coarse, spreadable texture unlike smooth pâtés.
- The restaurant’s house-made rillettes were accompanied by cornichons and mustard.