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Terms in French 5261-5270 of 10943

crème de tarte

[French]

Potassium tartrate. A crystalline powder derived from wine. It is useful in making meringues, increasing the volume of beaten egg whites. It can also be mixed with bicarbonate of soda (US: baking soda) to make baking powder.

crème de tomates

[French]

A cream soup made with tomatoes.

crème de volaille

[French]

Cream of chicken soup. A purée of chicken mixed with a light béchamel sauce and garnished with julienne of chicken meat.

crème de volaille à la Medicis

[French]

A soup of puréed chicken and lobster mixed with a light béchamel sauce and garnished with julienne of chicken meat and stachy, or crosnes du Japon.

crème de volaille à la sultane froid

[French]

A soup of cream of chicken with hazelnut milk and puréed pistachios, chilled and finished with cream. It is served chilled.

crème de volaille au porto froid

[French]

A soup of white roux diluted with a strong chicken broth and flavoured with white port, cooked with herbs, strained and served well chilled.

crème de volaille froid

[French]

A soup of white roux diluted with a strong chicken broth, cooked with herbs, strained and served well chilled.

crème de volaille suprême

[French]

A rich soup of a purée of chicken mixed with double cream (US: heavy cream) and garnished with diced chicken meat.

crème d'Homère

[French]

Egg custard with honey, wine, cinnamon and lemon.

crème d'orge

[French]

"Cream of barley." A soup of strained barley diluted with velouté and enriched with cream and garnished with pearl barley. Barley gruel.