reinette
Noun

reinette (plural reinettes)

  1. Any of various kinds of apple, mostly of French origin, characterized by russeting.
    Synonyms: rennet, renneting
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    • 1865, Georgiana Hill, How to Cook Apples: Shown in a Hundred Different Ways of Dressing that Fruit, page 48:
      Make choice of some small reinette apples, pare them, and prick them thoroughly with a coarse needle to render them as absorbent as possible; put them into a jar to stand inside a saucepan of boiling water, […]
    • 2011, Michael Bond, Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines, Allison & Busby (ISBN 9780749040512)
      Then a flameproof casserole dish–preferably the flat type peculiar to Normandy–should be lined with sliced apple and onion. Reinette apples are supposed to be the best.
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