Meaning & use
roulade
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Meaning
nouncountablespecialist
a dish made by rolling a thin piece of meat, fish, or cake around a filling.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a roulade' or 'two roulades'.
Patterns
- a chicken roulade
- a chocolate roulade
- make a roulade
- serve a roulade
The chef prepared a chicken roulade stuffed with spinach and cheese.
For dessert, we had a chocolate roulade filled with whipped cream.
The recipe for a vegetable roulade takes about an hour to prepare.
Word forms
| plural | roulades |
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Common combinations
- chicken roulade
- The menu featured a chicken roulade with herbs.
- chocolate roulade
- She baked a chocolate roulade for the party.
- spinach roulade
- The vegetarian option was a spinach roulade.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: roulade or rouleau?
roulade vs rouleau
A rouleau is a rolled tube of fabric or coins, not a food dish.
Practice
The dessert menu listed a chocolate ___ filled with cream.
Choose one answer.
A rolled cake filled with cream is a roulade. 'Rouleau' is a roll of fabric or coins, 'roulette' is a gambling game, and 'ragout' is a stew, so none of those fits a rolled dessert.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “roulade”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.