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A mulard duck, the hybrid used most frequently for foie gras production. Foie gras (French for 'fat liver'); (French: [fwa ɡʁɑ] ⓘ, English: / ˌ f w ɑː ˈ ɡ r ɑː / ⓘ) is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. According to French law, [1] foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage ...
A bouchon (French pronunciation:) is a type of restaurant found in Lyon, France, that serves traditional Lyonnaise cuisine, such as sausages, coq-au-vin, "salade lyonnaise" duck pâté or roast pork. Compared to other forms of French cooking such as nouvelle cuisine , the dishes are quite hearty. [ 1 ]
The liver is usually finely ground, but coarsely ground variations are also made. Typical spices include allspice and some recipes also include a small amount of cured anchovy. [2] [3] In Norway, leverpostei is made with a bit of pork meat. Lever postej is not the same as Liver Pate because lever postej is more rough and better tasting.
Rillettes (/ r ɪ ˈ l ɛ t s, r i ˈ j ɛ t /, also UK: / ˈ r iː j ɛ t /, French:) is a preservation method similar to confit where meat is seasoned then submerged in fat and cooked slowly over the course of several hours (4 to 10 hours). [1] The meat is shredded and packed into sterile containers covered in fat.
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 ...
The Great Depression of the 1930s saw the creation of new recipes like pâté chinois ("Chinese pie") and pouding chômeur ("unemployed man's pudding") that were delicious and cost-conscious. 5 Immigration after this period diversified; immigrants no longer came only from the British Isles but also from other parts of Europe.
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu"; In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu".
Pressed duck (French: canard à la presse, caneton à la presse, canard à la rouennaise, caneton à la rouennaise or canard au sang) is a traditional French dish. The complex dish is a specialty of Rouen and its creation attributed to an innkeeper from the city of Duclair . [ 1 ]