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Escalope
Thin, flat piece of meat

An escalope , also scallop in the US (not to be confused with the shellfish), is traditionally a piece of boneless meat that has been thinned out using a mallet or rolling pin or beaten with the handle of a knife, or merely butterflied. The mallet breaks down the fibres in the meat, making it more tender. The meat is then coated and fried. The thinner meat cooks faster with more moisture loss.

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Common sizes

The typical sizes of an escalope used in the food industry range from 110 to 225 g (4–8 oz).

Paillard or scallop

Paillard is an older French culinary term referring to a quick-cooking, thinly sliced or pounded piece of meat.6 In France, it has been largely replaced by the word escalope.7

Origin

The term escalope originated in France.8 It first appeared in cookery terminology late in the 17th century as a dialectal expression in the northeast of rural France,9 originally meaning a shelled nut or mollusk: veau à l'escalope (veal cooked in the style of an escalope).10 In those days, an escalope was undoubtedly always veal.

Other uses

The term "escalope" is also applied to meat-free products such as Quorn (mycoprotein) escalopes, which have a cheese and broccoli sauce encased in bread crumbs. In Australia the term escalope is also applied to potatoes that have been thinly sliced. Potatoes that are thinly sliced, battered, then fried are often called "scallops".11

See also

  • Food portal
  • The dictionary definition of escalope at Wiktionary

References

  1. "Escalope - Kitchen Dictionary - Food.com". Recipezaar.com. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2014-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529000204/https://www.food.com/about/escalope-842

  2. "Escalope". Probertencyclopaedia.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402214141/http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Escalope&=0

  3. "Escalope - Kitchen Dictionary - Food.com". Recipezaar.com. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2014-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529000204/https://www.food.com/about/escalope-842

  4. Charles G. Sinclair (1998). International Dictionary of Food and Cooking. Chicago, Illinois, USA: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 190. ISBN 1-57958-057-2. Retrieved 27 August 2012. 1-57958-057-2

  5. "Escalope - definition". oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120709060418/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/escalope

  6. Zeldes, Leah A. (2010-09-22). "Eat this! Paillard, pounded meat, quick and versatile". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321005654/http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/09/22/eat-this-paillard-pounded-meat-quick-and-versatile/

  7. Zeldes, Leah A. (2010-09-22). "Eat this! Paillard, pounded meat, quick and versatile". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321005654/http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/09/22/eat-this-paillard-pounded-meat-quick-and-versatile/

  8. "Escalope - Kitchen Dictionary - Food.com". Recipezaar.com. 2014-03-24. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2014-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529000204/https://www.food.com/about/escalope-842

  9. "escalope". Everything2.com. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2014-08-27. http://www.everything2.org/title/escalope

  10. "escalope". Everything2.com. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2014-08-27. http://www.everything2.org/title/escalope

  11. Cornish, Richard (2015-03-24). "Potato cakes v potato scallops: which state is correct?". Good Food. Retrieved 2021-04-10. https://www.goodfood.com.au/recipes/potato-cakes-v-potato-scallops-which-state-is-correct-20150323-13zysq