French cuisine/Catalogs
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Under construction: this will be a list of well-known dishes in French cuisine, in alphabetical order.
- Bearnaise sauce
- Blanquette de veau
- Camembert
- Charcuterie
- Confit — preserved meat, generally goose, duck, or pork
- French fries — probably originated in Belgium, but are generally considered by most people today to have been invented in France, where they were certainly popularized during the 19th century
- Foie Gras — the liver of a goose or duck that has been specially reared and fed a carefully controlled diet using gavage (force feeding). It is prepared and eaten whole, and is far more expensive than pâté de foie gras, with which it is frequently confused.
- Hollandaise sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Melon au jambon de Bayonne — Melon with cold Parma ham
- Pâté de foie gras — a pâté (paste) made from ground or puréed foie gras; it is cheaper and less desirable than the whole foie gras.
- Soupe à l'oignon or Soupe à l'oignon gratinée — old-fashioned onion soup poured over dried bread; frequently covered with a thick layer of gratinéed cheese.
- Tartiflette
- Veal - Meat from very young calves.