A small scorpionfish with brick-red skin and spiny fins, found chiefly in the Mediterranean and used as an ingredient of bouillabaisse.
鲉
Scorpaena scrofa, family Scorpaenidae
Example sentencesExamples
You're simply not going to be finding any congre, loup de mer, rascasse, or rouget near you.
But the one thing I hope we're all agreed on is that it must contain that indigenous Mediterranean fish, the rascasse.
A. J. Liebling once proposed in the New Yorker that efforts be made to compare N. American fish of this family with the rascasses of the Mediterranean.
Traditionally, the ugliest fish - the devilish-looking rascasse - are reserved for the rich, rust-coloured fish stew called bouillabaisse.
Rascasse is the equivalent of scorpionfish, a white and moist fish, with a tightly textured flesh.
Origin
1920s: from French.
Definition of rascasse in US English:
rascasse
nounrasˈkas
A small scorpionfish with brick-red skin and spiny fins, found chiefly in the Mediterranean and used as an ingredient of bouillabaisse.
鲉
Scorpaena scrofa, family Scorpaenidae
Example sentencesExamples
A. J. Liebling once proposed in the New Yorker that efforts be made to compare N. American fish of this family with the rascasses of the Mediterranean.
But the one thing I hope we're all agreed on is that it must contain that indigenous Mediterranean fish, the rascasse.
You're simply not going to be finding any congre, loup de mer, rascasse, or rouget near you.
Rascasse is the equivalent of scorpionfish, a white and moist fish, with a tightly textured flesh.
Traditionally, the ugliest fish - the devilish-looking rascasse - are reserved for the rich, rust-coloured fish stew called bouillabaisse.