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crème Beaucaire

[French]

A soup of creamed barley flavoured with chicken giblets, flavoured with a little celeriac, leeks and garnished with white chicken meat.

crème Beauharnais

[French]

A soup of creamed barley blended with crayfish butter, garnished with veal quenelles and crayfish tails.

crème Bercy

[French]

A soup of creamed turnips and potatoes garnished with croûtons.

crème bourdaloue

[French]

A cream consisting of milk, eggs, sugar and ground almonds. There is a savoury version which is cream of rice.

crème Bristol

[French]

A soup of green peas blended with cream and garnished with julienne of root vegetables, chervil and tarragon.

crème brûlée

/krehm BROO-lay/
[French] plural crèmes brûlées

"Burnt cream." The original crème brûlé was actually cooked at Trinity College, Cambridge.

crème Cambacerès

[French]

A cream soup made with pigeon, chicken and crayfish into which quenelles are added and served with a timbale of foie gras and macaroni. It is hardly surprising that this is named after Napoleon's archchancellor, who is reputed to have died from overeating.

crème Camelia

[French]

A soup of puréed green peas, slightly thickened with tapioca, blended with cream of chicken and garnished with julienne of chicken and leeks.

crème caramel

[French]

"Cream caramel." A custard flavoured with vanilla and coated in soft caramel.

crème cardinal

[French]

A soup of lobster purée mixed with fish velouté and garnished with diced lobster and lobster royale cut into cross shapes.