A small, boned cutlet, usually of lamb, tied into a round.
Hazelnuts or filberts
Braised veal steaks with vegetables and Madeira. Talleyrand was Prince de Bénévent.
Boned lamb cutlets with foie gras, truffles, asparagus tips and duchesse potatoes.
Small steaks of roebuck
Small roebuck steaks sautéed, coated with sauce poivrade, garnished with duxelles and cucumbers stuffed with chicken forcemeat.
"Roebuck noisettes in the style of Valencia." Small roebuck steaks, sautéed and placed on croûtons, coated with sauce bigarade and garnished with slices of orange.
Noisettes of pork cooked with prunes, often in cream.
Nuts. It also means walnuts.
Walnuts. It is also used to describe nuts in general.