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

This is quoted in a very valuable selection of French estimates and expressions of opinion, forming chapter iv. of La Liquidation financière de la Guerre, by H. Charriaut and R. Hacault.

From The Economic Consequences of the Peace by Keynes, John Maynard

It was difficult, at the same time, to justify the expression of an opinion, infinitely too favourable to Peel's commercial policy, yielding to the allurements of a "turban des cailles à la financière."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

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

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

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