pot-au-feu

[ paw-toh-fœ ]

/ pɔ toʊˈfœ /

a dish of boiled meat and vegetables, the broth of which is usually served separately.

Origin of pot-au-feu

1785–95; < French: literally, pot on the fire

"There's the pot-au-feu smoking inside that shack," said Osmond, indicating a shanty across the field.

Rose MacLeod |Alice Brown
No dinner in France is served without soup, and no good soup is supposed to be made without the pot-au-feu.

The Gastronomic Regenerator: |Alexis Soyer
The pot-au-feu as managed in the families of the French peasantry furnishes their chief source of diet.

The Century Cook Book |Mary Ronald
The unhappy colt was steaming like a pot-au-feu when the lid is raised.

My Double Life |Sarah Bernhardt

The pot-au-feu was steadily steaming with snore-like sounds.

L'Assommoir |Emile Zola

pot-au-feu

/ (French pɔtofø) /

a traditional French stew of beef and vegetables

the large earthenware casserole in which this is cooked

literally: pot on the fire