Vanilla sugar: sugar made from burying vanilla beans in granulated sugar.
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Vegetarian: person who abstains of the ingestion of meat or any animal foods. However, there is a wide-ranging customs according to the personal principles.
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Velouté sauce: basic white sauce made from chicken stock or fish fumet which is thickened with white roux.
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Vermicelli: Italian term to refers pasta which is cut in thin strands.
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Verjuice: unripe grapes which liquid is sour. It is used in sauces and mustards.
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Vichyssoise: creamy soup made of leeks and potatoes which is served cold and with chopped chives as garnish.
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Vinaigrette: basic sauce made of oil and vinegar. It is used as dressing of green salad and cold vegetable, meat or fish dishes.
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Vintage: wine term to refer a grape harvest in a specific year.
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Vol-au-vent: pastry shell with a lid usually filled with cream sauce of chicken, fish, meat or vegetables.
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Vouvray: wine term to refer a lot of white wines made in the French village with chenin blanc greaps.
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