en-papillote

Meaning

Noun

• A method of cooking, where the food is wrapped in a pouch made of culinary parchment paper, and then cooked in an oven.

Related

Similar words

• al cartoccio

Origin

• Borrowed from French en ("in") + papillote . From the bonbon wrapper like look of the wrapping, reminiscent of butterfly wings attached to the pouch, when the pouch is done artistically