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Bresse et Dombes

[French]

Bresse et Dombes is an area famous for its sophisticated cuisine and gastronomy. Everything from the region is wonderful, from the poulets de Bresse to the Valromey truffles, the cardoons to the eggs and cream.

Bresse mayonnaise

[French]

A mayonnaise made with Madeira and orange juice, seasoned with cayenne pepper and finished with chicken livers which are sautéed and then puréed.

Bressuire

[French]

A town in Poitou known for poultry.

Brest

[French]

A port in the Finistère department, on the Atlantic coast of Brittany. Fruit and vegetables, are exported and wheat and wine are imported through the port. It otherwise carries out fishing, flour-milling and brewing.

brestois

/brehs-twah/
[French]

A sponge cake made with almonds, flavoured with orange liqueur and cooked in brioche moulds.

Bretagne

/breh-tah-nyuh/
[French]

Bretagne is the French name for Brittany, a province and region covering the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère, Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique in north west France. It is noted for agneau de pré-salé, galettes and white haricot beans (US: navy beans), fish and apples, so cider, and potatoes.

breton

[French]

A cake or gallette flavoured with rum.

breton far

[French]

A dish from Brittany of buckwheat batter which can have either a sweet or savoury filling and which is then baked or poached. We had breton far made with prunes for breakfast. The sweet version is slightly reminiscent or clafoutis.

breton gâteau

/breh-to' gah-toh/
[French] plural bretons gâteaux

Either a crumbly cake or apple tart, sometimes with cherries.

bretonneau

/breh-toh-noh/
[French] plural bretonneaux

A name for turbot (US: halibut) in Normandy.