A ''paupiette'' is a piece of meat, beaten thin, and rolled with a stuffing of

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, or sweetmeats. It is often featured in recipes from

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. It is often fried or braised, or baked in wine or stock. They are very popular in France, being sold ready-prepared in supermarkets and butchers. Paupiettes can be made with various items such as

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, lamb,

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escalopes or slices of calves'

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. A ''paupiette'' is a type of roulade and sometimes called a braciole. Paupiette may also refer to a classic French fish dish whereby a thin slice of fish (

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, sole, whiting or even

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) is stuffed, rolled and secured with string before cooking in a

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. A synonym of ''paupiette'' is, in

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, ''oiseau sans tête''.

Examples of dishes featuring paupiettes

''Paupiettes de Volaille Florentine'', where the stuffing is

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and

prosciutto Prosciutto ( ; ), also known as ''prosciutto crudo'', is an uncooked, unsmoked, and dry-cured ham. It is usually served thinly sliced. Several regions in Italy have their own variations of ''prosciutto crudo'', each with degrees of protected ...

and

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. ''Paupiettes of lamb à la créole'', where the stuffing is pork forcemeat with

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s and peppers. ''Paupiettes of turkey à la crécy'', where the stuffing is a pork forcemeat mixed with a dry mushroom duxelle, chopped parsley and bound with eggs.Montagné

Footnotes

References

*Claiborne, C.:''The New New York Times Cookbook'', page 259–260. Harper & Row, 1979 *Montagné, P.: ''New Concise Larousse Gatronomique'', page 849. Hamlyn, 2007 Beef Norman cuisine Veal dishes {{france-cuisine-stub