French Culinary Terminology Flashcards
Kitchen Terms
In the English way
Pre
a la Anglaise
Cooked on a spit
Pre
a la broche
From the menu
Pre
a la carte
In the French way
Pre
a la Francaise
Cooked to order
Pre
a la minute
In the style of
a la
A preparation of one or more ingredients mixed prior to making certain dishes
Appareil
An assortment
Assorti
Meat- Very underdone
Fish- Specific garnish
Au Bleu
Slightly coloured
Blond
Scrambled
Brouille
Brown
Brun
Hot
Chaud
Clear
Clair
Studded, Onion studded with Cloves and Bay Leaf
Cloute
Cut/Ice Cream garnish
Coupe
Cooked
Cuit
To do with cooking
Culinaire
A type of mould
Dariole
To bone out
Desosser
Golden
Dore
Of the day
Du jour
Brown Sauce
Espagnole
Brown Stock
Estouffade
Stuffed
Farci
Flamed
Flambe
Melted
Fondu
Chilled
Frappe
Curled
Frise
Smoked
Fume
Iced
Glace
Grilled
Grille
Preliminary dishes of an appetizing nature, served cold/hot
Hors d’oeuvre
Medium Dice cut
Jardiniere
Fine Strips cut
Julienne
Thin slice of meat
Abrev
L’escalope
A border, sometimes of rice/potatoes
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La bordure
A roasting spit
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La broche
Skewer
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La brochette
- Menu of the day
- Bill of the day
- Fare of the day
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La carte du jour
A fireproof dish with a lid
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La casserole
Name given to various sweet dishes hot/cold with a base of biscuits/sponge
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La Charlotte
A creamed veloute/demi glace with gelatine/aspic added, used for masking cold dishes
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La chaud-froid
A bell shaped cover, used for silver service
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La cloche
Porcelain fireproof dish
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La cocotte
Cooked foods moulded into a cylinder shape, covered in breadcrumbs and deep fried
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La croquette
The Kitchen, Art of Cooking
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La cuisine
Stuffing
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La farce
The trimmings on the dish
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La garniture
High Class Cooking
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La Haute Cuisine
Master
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La maitre
A richly spiced liquid for enriching the flavour and tenderness of meats before brasing
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La marinade
A hot/cold dish of light consistency, sweet/savoury
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La mousse
- Hazelnut
- Small round potatoes cut with a scoop
- as for noisette butter
- A cut from the Loin of Lamb
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La noisette
- Nut
- Veal cushion piece from leg
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La noix
