Etouffer also known as Etuver is a French culinary term; a French method of cooking dish in a  tight close pan or sealed pan slowly with little liquid or no liquid at all. Estoufadde is a dish cooked this way.

Etouffer is pronounced "ay-too-fay".

Etuver is the French word which means "to braise"; braised; "to steam".

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