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Gros Plant Nantais

[French]

A very dry, austere white wine.

grosse crevette

[French]

A large prawn. King prawn. A brownish prawn which goes pink when cooked. Can grow to more than 20 cm (8 inches) in length. Very fine eating.

grosse fève

[French]

Broad bean (US: fava bean).

gros sel

[French]

Coarse salt

grosse sapote

[French]

A name for sapote. This is actually a different fruit from the black sapote, but black sapote is very often called sapote. The fruits of the sapote may be eaten raw and they are used for making ice creams and preserves as well as for flavouring sauces and in confectionary. In some parts of Mesoamerica, ground sapote seeds are used to give chocolate a bitter flavour.

gros yeux

[French]

"Big eyes." Red or blackspot sea bream (similar to US pandora).

gruau d'avoine

[French]

Oatmeal gruel or porridge

gruau de seigle

[French]

Porridge made from rye flour.

gruau de semoule

[French]

Semolina pudding

Gruyère

/groo-YEHR/
[French]

A traditional, hard cow's milk cheese with a natural rind. It is useful as a table cheese and used extensively in cooking. The paste is dark yellow and it has a firm, elastic paste. (PDO).