à la financière

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à la financière vol-au-vent 

à la financière — French for “banker's style,” alluding to the expensive ingredients in this French haute cuisine preparation. Such dishes (which can range from meat to poultry) are garnished with a mélange of truffles, quenelles, kidneys, sweetbreads and mushrooms and napped with a sauce flavoured with truffles and madeira. Financière preparations are often served in a vol-au-vent — [ah lah fee-nahn-SYEHR]

Cuisine: French

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