Cassolette facts for kids

A cassolette (from the diminutive form of the French word cassole, a small container) is a small porcelain, glass, or metal container used for the cooking and serving of individual dishes. The word also refers to dishes served in such a container:

• Cassolettes ambassadrice: A ragoût of chicken livers with a duchesse potato border.
• Cassolettes bouquetière: creamed vegetables topped with asparagus tips and cauliflower florets.
• Cassolettes marquise: Crayfish tails à la Nantua to which diced truffles and mushrooms have been added with a border of puff pastry.
• Cassolettes Régence: a salpicon of chicken breast and truffles in a velouté sauce, topped with asparagus tips with a border of duchesse potatoes.

It may also refer to a box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes and hence the natural scent of a woman.