rissolen.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Rissole, a sort of minced Pie made of Capons-Breasts, Calves-Udder, Marrow, Bacon, fine Herbs, &c. and fry'd in Lard to give it a brown Colour.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tourte They may be garnish'd with Rissoles, Apple-Fritters, or any thing else of the like nature.

1781 G. Dalrymple Pract. Mod. Cookery 91 Rissoles are made of any sorts of forced-meats.

1838 C. G. F. Gore Woman of World iii. 72 I tasted the rissoles myself at the Rocher, when I was last in Paris; and I must confess I think Coulis has improved on the original.

1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth ii Fish came on the table in a dozen forms, with..an immense variety of ‘brouets’ known to us as ‘rissoles’.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile ix. 241 A black-looking rissole of chopped meat and vegetables.

1905 E. Tuite Dishes for All Seasons 18 When cold, form into rissoles on a well-floured board.

1933 T. H. Harrisson Let. to Oxf. xiii. 58 Fascism..is a revolt against age and at the same time a protest against taking a chance on the future, by making a rissole of history.

1998 P. Chapman 1999 Good Curry Guide 475 Amazing mashed potato rissoles with a central stuffing of spicy lentils.