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Condé

[French]

With a purée of red haricot beans (US: navy beans) cooked with bacon and red wine sauce finished with butter. It is also puff pastry with almond icing and fruit and rice dessert.

condés au fromage

[French]

Baked rectangles of puff pastry coated with béchamel sauce mixed with cayenne pepper and diced cheese.

condiment

/kohn-dee-MO'/
[French]

Seasoning. Condiment.

condiment de bananes

[French]

Pickled bananas. A pickling juice of vinegar, sugar, peppercorns and sliced green peppers is boiled and poured over bananas which then marinate for a week.

Condrieu

[French]

Condrieu is a commune on the right bank of the Rhône making a small quantity of dry white wine in the Rhône département of the Rhône-Alpes région. It is about 11 km south of Vienne and 44km south of Lyon. It has an area of 921 hectares.

Conference

[French]

The Conference pear is a long, tapering pear, the skin green with brown russeting. The flesh is very juicy and sweet with a firm, sometimes grainy texture. It is an excellent all-purpose pear which keeps well.

confidou (rouergat)

[French]

A dish from Rouergue of beef stewed with tomatoes, garlic and onions in red wine.

confire

[French]

To steep foods in a substance which preserves them.

confiserie

/kohn-FEE-sree/
[French]

Confectionery, sweets. Confectioner’s shop.

confit

/kohn-FEE/
[French] plural confits

Commonly crystallised fruits (US: candied fruits), preserved in sugar. May also be sugared almonds. Feminine is confite. More commonly means goose or duck preserved in its own fat.