Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A custardlike dish of cheese, chicken, fish, or vegetables baked in a drum-shaped pastry mold.
- n. The pastry mold in which this food is baked.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In cookery, a confection of pastry with various fillings: so called from the French name of the mold it takes its shape from.
Wiktionary
- n. A drum-shaped mould used to cook food.
- n. An individual serving of food so cooked.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Cookery) A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
- n. individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell
Etymologies
- From French timbale. (Wiktionary)
- French, timbal, mold; see timbal. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“To prepare timbale cases, a _timbale iron_, such as is shown in Fig. 27, is required.”
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish
“And tonight's timbale is one more good reason why - the kitchen smelled heavenly!”
“A timbale is a chopped or grated mixture baked in a mold with eggs and cream and then un-molded on the plate.”
“This method of forming raised pies in a mould is generally called a timbale, and has the advantage of being more easily made than one where the paste is raised by the hands; the crust, besides, being eatable.”
“There's no conga drum or timbale on this album," said Zaccai, referring to Latin jazz's signature rhythm instruments.”
The Wall Street Journal: Brothers as Keepers of Latin-Jazz Sound
“For the fourth course, Gomes made a timbale that relies on Portugal's signature fish, salt cod.”
The Huffington Post: Jeanine Barone: Portuguese Kitchen Fun in Westchester
“Used to play timbale to that song before the stroke," Bofill says.”
The Washington Post: Jazz singer Angela Bofill makes a comeback without voice that made her famous
“Muammar shrieks, an under lord to a horde of stars, snapping his fingers to timbale beats, a half twist, tuck and roll duck bob, chicken wrist, triple chin wattle, Time having been far from kind to him, an insurrection of skin, blood and nerve: those traitorous organs!”
“The awards presentation was followed by a dinner at the Museum of Modern Art. The menu included a timbale of veggies, sliced ribeye and flourless chocolate cake.”
The Washington Post: Glamour magazine honors 'Women of the Year'
“His delicious dishes include specialties like tuna & avocado timbale with jalapeno-soy sauce and seared sea scallops with dry chili oil over risotto with asparagus tips and aged ramonetti cheese from Northern Baja.”
Teresa Rodriguez Williamson: Mexico is Ready for Primetime Part II
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Tweets
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strev Tim's always doing that Apr 2, 2009