financière

American  

[fee-nahn-syer] / fi nɑ̃ˈsjɛr /

adjective

1. of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs.

   vol-au-vent financière.

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Etymology

Origin of financière

< French, short for adv. phrase à la financière in the manner of a financier. Cf. à la mode

Example Sentences

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financière

Mrs. Carey, can a man who expects daily to be gathered to his fathers eat a vol-au-vent of pigeons à la financière?

From The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow by Grant, Robert

Financière.—A garniture financière is the same as a garniture with combs of chicken, to which are added some mushrooms and truffles, both cut in slices.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

Financière.—Broil the chops, either with or without egg and crumbs, and serve them with a financière garniture.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

See also Delisle, L'Administration financière des Templiers, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1889, vol. xxxiii. pt. ii., and Ashley, Economic History, vol. i. pt. ii. p.

From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by O'Brien, George

It is also served with a garniture of cauliflowers, financière, Macédoine, and of truffles.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre