financière

American  

[fee-nahn-syer] / fi nɑ̃ˈsyɛr /

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

Do the same with the following garnitures: chicken-combs, croutons, duxelle, financière, Macédoine, and onion.

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

A la financière.—This is a fricassée of chicken served with a financière garniture.

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

Financière.—When prepared, cooked, and dished as directed, surround it with a financière garniture, and serve warm.

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