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amourettes de veau Tosca

/ah-moo-reht duh voh TOH-skah/
[French]

Spinal marrow of veal cooked with macaroni and Parmesan cheese, garnished with a coulis of crayfish tails and more marrow.

amplovo

[French]

A name for anchovy in southern France.

amuse-bouche

/ah-mooz boosh/
[French] plural amuses-bouches

An appetiser to stimulate the palate. More polite language than the slang "amuse-gueule".

amuse-gueule

/ah-mooz guhl/
[French] plural amuses-gueules

An appetiser, a bite-size snack, to stimulate the palate. It is usually quite salty in flavour. It is a slightly slang expression meaning "taste amuser". The more polite form is amuse-bouche.

amusette

[French]

Fancy appetiser or hors d'œuvres.

amygdalin

/ah-meeg-dhah-lah'/
[French]

Made from almond, a term which is now obsolete.

anacarde

[French] plural anacardes

Cashew nut

ananas

[French]

Pineapple

ananas à la Creole

[French]

"Pineapple in Créole style." Pineapple slices cooked in a kirsch-flavoured syrup, cut into circles with the centre scooped out. This is then filled with rice, custard apple, pineapple and banana. The whole concoction is served with angelica and poached bananas and a sauce flavoured with rum.

ananas à la martiniquaise

[French]

"Pineapple in the style of Martinique." A pineapple which has had the centre scooped out, chopped, heated and mixed with coffee and rum.