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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

pré

English translation:

pre-dessert

Added to glossary by MoiraB
Apr 27, 2011 10:20
13 yrs ago
Dutch term

pré

Dutch to English Other Cooking / Culinary menu
This is an item on a restaurant menu. Client explains it thus: 'Dat wil zeggen dat er een klein dessert voor het hoofddessert komt, ze noemen dat een "pré"' Don't think 'pre' quite conveys the meaning. I'm thinking 'palate cleanser' but it's a bit OTT and doesn't actually sound particularly good on a menu. Any ideas?

Pré : -Citrus ice-tea, framboos en roos
Seizoensaardbeien, cheese cake met orangjebloesem en amandelroomijs
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 pre-dessert
4 Appetiser
1 teaser
References
pre-dessert

Discussion

MoiraB (asker) Apr 28, 2011:
That would be a first!! :-)
Oliver Pekelharing Apr 28, 2011:
@ Moira You may well have averted a major culinary disaster there...
MoiraB (asker) Apr 28, 2011:
@ Tina re appetiser I assume when Tina says "Given the additional context provided by the asker, this could be right after all." (referring to appetiser) that she means my comment to Olly - for anyone looking at this in years to come, this was *not* additional information - I was quoting from the link Olly gave, where the author clearly made a mistake (he'd already had the same fish dish for main course!)

Proposed translations

+4
24 mins
Selected

pre-dessert

One term for it.
Reference:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/34937-2.htm

Note from asker:
Bit of a cock-up on the catering front there: "The pre-dessert was served and then the dessert of Pan fried fillets of lemon sole, crisp rye bread, lardo, celeriac, hazelnut crumbs." ;-)) Reviewer was a bit too enthusiastic copy/pasting, methinks....
Peer comment(s):
agree FionaT
1 hr
agree Jennifer Barnett : See also http://frenchfood.about.com/b/2008/04/02/le-trou-normande-an...
2 hrs
agree philgoddard
5 hrs
agree Chris Hopley
1 day 22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "So simple I'm kicking myself. Thanks, Olly."
19 mins

teaser

as I said, guessing.
could also say palate teaser
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35 mins

Appetiser

This is usually at the very start of a fine dining experience. It can be food or drink.
Reference:

http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/what-is-an-appetiser/1222939

Note from asker:
Should perhaps have mentioned that this is the *dessert* menu so don't think appetiser would work.
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : but an appetiser is more of a starter. don't see how it would work at the end of a meal
10 mins
Quite right.
disagree Jennifer Barnett : as you said, 'at the very start of the meal', not just before dessert.
2 hrs
As I said to Writeaway, quite right.
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Given the additional context provided by the asker, this could be right after all.
4 hrs
I've never had fish for a dessert. Could be....
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Reference comments

1 day 22 hrs
Reference:

pre-dessert

Although I, like this blogger, had never heard of it before - methinks I don't fine-dine often enough ;-)

-> "But it was something else that threw me completely...
'Pre-dessert' is what the waiter called it. It was the first time I'd come across such a concept, and was a little bemused but secretly excited. An extra something sweet before dessert. How good can it get? A wine glass with crunchy caramelised almonds, then a layer of light chocolate mousse, an additional layer of the most amazing cream concoction, all topped off with a mini chocolate slither. Yum. Pre-dessert at The Dorchester. "
http://blackmerino.blogspot.com/2007/04/pre-dessert.html
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