Cooking glossary

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Terrine

1. A rectangular china or earthenware dish, often with a lid, used for pâtés and mousses. A terrine can be used as a mould and the pâté or mousse can be turned out and sliced vertically into individual portion slices.

2. The food cooked in a terrine is sometimes referred to as a terrine, eg fish terrine.