blanquette

/blɒ̃ˈkɛt/

blanquette

English Noun

Definition

A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned.

Etymology

Borrowed from French blanquette, from Provençal blanqueto, a diminutive of blanc (“white”), derived, through early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Compare blanket.