chervil

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Her traditional seasoning for the filling was a mixture of fresh mint and chervil, and to this day I really can't imagine the ravioli tasting better with anything else.

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  1. noun An annual Eurasian herb (Anthriscus cerefolium) in the parsley family, having aromatic leaves.
  2. noun The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning or garnish.
  3. noun Any of several related plants, such as those of the genus Chaerophyllum.

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  • Those you normally can't bake with because their flavour is too delicate seem to survive the soufflé treatment: tarragon, chervil, dill, even basil, all add a subtle breath of spring to your savoury golden clouds. —  The Guardian World News
  • • Cream butter with finely chopped shallots and chervil or tarragon. —  The Guardian World News
  • The chervil (a.k.a. fancy schmancy parseley) garnish provided a hint of the garden and was a delightful pairing. —  kennyw.com
  • To these add leeks, chervil, carrots, turnips, fifty heads of asparagus, a few truffles, a large cow-cabbage, a pint of French beans, a peck of very young peas, a tomato cut in slices, some potatoes, and a couple of bananas. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892
  • Sweetbreads Plain Parboil and slice them as before, dry them in a clean cloth, flour them, and fry them a delicate brown; take care to drain the fat well and garnish with slices of lemon, and sprigs of chervil or parsley, or crisp parsley. —  Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby
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  1. Middle English, from Old English cerfille, from Latin chaerephyllum, from Greek khairephullon : khairein, to greet, delight in; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots + phullon, leaf; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also chervel, from Middle English chervelle, from Anglo-Saxon cerfille = Dutch kervel = Middle Low German kervelde = Old High German chervola, -ella, -illa, Middle High German kervele, kervel, German kerbel = Icelandic kerfill = Swedish kyrfrel = Danish kjörvel = Old French cherfuel, French cerfeuil = Spanish cerafolio = Portuguese cerefolio = Italian cerfoglio, from Latin cœrefolium, Middle Latin also cerefolium, cerifolium, properly, as in New Latin, chœrophyllum, from Greek χαιρέφυλλον, chervil, from χαίρειν, rejoice, + θν/λλον = Latin folium, a leaf: with reference to the pleasant odor of the leaves.
 

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