nou·velle cuisine (n -v l )n. A contemporary school of French cooking that seeks to bring out the natural flavors of foods and substitutes light, low-calorie sauces and stocks for the traditional heavy butter-based and cream-based preparations. [French : nouvelle, new + cuisine, cuisine.] |
nouvelle cuisine [ˈnuːvɛl kwiːˈziːn]
n
(Cookery) a style of preparing and presenting food, often raw or only lightly cooked, with light sauces, and unusual combinations of flavours and garnishes
[French, literally: new cookery]
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| Noun | 1. | nouvelle cuisine - a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream cuisine, culinary art - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe |
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