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There are no confirmed appearances of pâté chinois before the 1930s. [2] [better source needed] This has led many to believe it was created in the 1930s, but its origins are widely debated and there are multiple hypotheses. All current theories are rejected by Jean-Pierre Lemasson, author of the book Le mystère insondable du pâté chinois.
Both the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) date the term back to the 12th century. The former gives the original meaning as a "culinary preparation consisting of minced meat or fish surrounded by dough and baked in the oven"; [1] the OED's definition is "a pie or pastry usually filled with finely minced meat, fish, vegetables, etc." [2] The French ...
Pâte brisée is the French version of classic pie or tart shortcrust pastry. [19] The process of making pastry includes mixing of the fat and flour, adding water, chilling and then rolling out the dough. Chilling before rolling is essential since it enables the fat (lard, butter, etc.) to harden again and thus create flaky layers in the dough.
Bœuf à la mode Charles Storm van 's Gravesande (1841–1924), Bœuf à la mode, 1906, oil on canvas, Teylers Museum, Haarlem. Beef à la mode or bœuf à la mode is a French dish of a piece of beef braised in stock and wine with carrots and onions.
It might seem like a simple question. But the science behind a blue sky isn't that easy. For starters, it involves something called the Rayleigh effect, or Rayleigh scattering. But that same ...
The pâté aux pommes de terre, pronounced [pɑte o pɔm də tɛʁ], or pâté de pommes de terre is a speciality of the Centre-Val de Loire, Limousin and Allier (Bourbonnais) regions in Central France. [1] It can be served either as a side dish or as the main course. Today it is often eaten with a green salad.
Salată de boeuf ("beef salad") is a traditional Romanian dish, generally served during all festive and special occasions. It is a combination of finely chopped beef (or sometimes chicken, or turkey breast) and root vegetables, folded in mayonnaise and finished with murături , pickled vegetable garnishes . [ 1 ]
Quince cheese is prepared with quince fruits. The fruit is peeled and cored, and cooked with a teaspoon of water and from 500 to 1000 g sugar [2] per kg of quince pulp, preferably in a pressure cooker, but it can also be left for longer (40 minutes–1 hour) in a regular pot, in this case with a little more water (which will then evaporate).