Forcemeat vs. Stuffing — What's the Difference?

Forcemeat (derived from the French farcir, "to stuff") is a uniform mixture of lean meat with fat made by grinding, sieving, or puréeing the ingredients. Forcemeats are used in the production of numerous items found in charcuterie, including quenelles, sausages, pâtés, terrines, roulades, and galantines.

Stuffing, filling, or dressing is an edible mixture, often composed of herbs and a starch such as bread, used to fill a cavity in the preparation of another food item. Many foods may be stuffed, including poultry, seafood, and vegetables.

Finely ground and highly spiced meat, fish, or poultry that is served alone or used in stuffing.

A mixture used to stuff poultry or meat before cooking

(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.

Padding used to stuff cushions, furniture, or soft toys

Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.

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Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

Padding put in cushions and upholstered furniture.

Food put into the cavity of a piece of meat or a vegetable that has been hollowed out.

Present participle of stuff

The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.

Any of many food items used to stuff another.

A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

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That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.

Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.

A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

Padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture