Meaning of foie gras | Babel Free

Definitions

The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every large grocery establishment in the United States.[…]Bake this paste, and then fill in with the foies gras.”

“Foies gras are supplied either by geese or ducks.”

“Many foies gras put up by French canneries aren’t really French at all.”

“Fresh duck foies gras are so highly prized in the southwest of France[…]”

“For its meat entry, the French team presented a rib steak with barbecued grilled foie gras; fillet of beef with tiny garden vegetables; a three-dimensional angular creation of oxtail and caramelized celery; braised beef cheeks with carrot topiary and a miniature shrub of leeks.”

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