Crudités

Crudités (/ˈkruːdɪteɪ(z)/, French: [kʁydite]) are French appetizers consisting of sliced or whole raw vegetables^[1] which are typically dipped in a vinaigrette or other dipping sauce. Examples of crudités include celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, bell pepper strips, broccoli, cauliflower, radish, fennel, baby corn, and asparagus spears.

Crudités

Various crudités served at a cocktail party
Course	Hors d'oeuvre
Place of origin	France
Main ingredients	Raw vegetables, vinaigrette or dipping sauce
Media: Crudités

Crudités means "raw things", from Middle French crudité (14c.), from Latin cruditatem (nominative cruditas), from crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody".^[2] The term was first used in English c. 1960.^[3]

See also

• List of hors d'oeuvre