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Terms in French 5631-5640 of 10943

demi-carapace

[French]

Half-shell. Mussels and oysters are often served on the half-shell.

Demi-Coulommiers

[French]

A half-sized Coulommiers cheese.

Demidoff

[French]

A dish of chicken baked with puréed vegetables including artichokes, carrots, turnips, served with sliced truffles and Madeira sauce. It is named after a Russian Prince.

demi-doux

[French]

"Semi-sweet." A type of smoked herring from Picardy, rather like a bloater, eaten raw. It is lightly smoked over leaves of hazel and walnut.

demi-doux

[French]

Semi-sweet when applied to wine. It is also a type of kippered herring.

demi-glace

/DEH-mee glahs/
[French]

"Half glaze." A rich brown sauce of meat stock with added veal stock and espagnole sauce reduced and clarified by the addition of tomatoes, sometimes enriched with Madeira or sherry.

Demi-Livarot

[French]

A small round cow's milk cheese with glossy red rind, strong smell and flavour, packed in rushes. It is one of the oldest cheeses of Normandy. It is made by farms and dairies around Lisieux.

Demi-Lunois

[French]

A very strong cheese mixture made when small cheeses are ripened in white wine or marc for a month or so. Made particularly in late autumn (US: fall) in the Lyonnais.

demi-pamplemousse

[French]

Half a grapefruit

Demi-Pont-l'Évêque

[French]

A half-sized Pont-l'Évêque cheese.