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French to English Cooking / Culinary Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
farcis		niçoise-stuffed vegetables

Ferrer		To be overcooked/over-seared

fesse de jambon		leg of ham	Silvia Brandon-Pérez
Entered by: Silvia Brandon-Pérez
feuille		paddle OR flat beater [for electric mixer] ALSO: meat-cleaver [butchery]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Feuille à Feuille de Saumon		layered salmon

feuille guitare		dipping paper

feuille silicone ajouré		perforated silicone (baking) sheet

feuilles de brick		sheets of brick pastry	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
feuilletage		puff pastry

Feuilleté		puff-pastry case

Feuilleté Jurassien		Jurassien pastry puff	Sheila Wilson
Entered by: Sheila Wilson
figer le cliché		Don't let's (etc.) reinforce the cliché of the chocolate-maker just making...

filet [in some metalworking contexts, etc.; see question for fuller discussion]		fillet	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Filet américain tout frais haché préparé en salle/à préparer par vos soins		Fresh steak tartare prepared tableside to your taste	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
filet de bar à l'indienne		fillet of bass, Indian style	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
filet de cuisson		baking mesh [a special type of 'bakery tray' or 'rack' used for industrial baking of baguettes etc.]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
filet de porcelet		fillet [filet] of suckling pig	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
filet en T pointé		tender T-bone

filmer hermétiquement		cover tightly (with plastic wrap)

Finesse		texture

finger		boudoir biscuit / sponge finger

fins copeaux		asparagus shavings	Andrew Nimmo
Entered by: Andrew Nimmo
FLAN		Also called flan: carrot and broccoli flan

flan de ratatouille		Ratatouille Flan

fleurs de macis		mace

flognarde [French regional dessert dish]		flognarde [similar to British 'batter pudding' with fruit (pears, apples) in it]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Foie de veau grillé à l'anglaise, pommes gaufrettes		Grilled calfs' liver with lardons and parsley butter, waffle potatoes

foie gras au cœur de pommes		apples stuffed with foie gras	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa
foie gras de canard et pruneaux CONFITS		duck foie gras with prunes preserved in balsamic vinegar

foie gras mi-cuit		lightly cooked foie gras

foisonner		froth/aerate	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
fonçant droit dans le décor		going about something like a bull in a china shop

fonction veille		standby mode

Fondant		melts

Fondant au chocolat		lava cake

fondant de poireaux et lardons		gently sautéed leeks with lardons	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
fondante à cœur		cooked/grilled until just tender

Fondue de Saint-Jacques		Scallop Fondue

format sans extraction		ventless format

forme de demi-gouttières		Half-Pipe Moulds	Dareth Pray
Entered by: Dareth Pray

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