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Blanquette refers to a stew of chicken, veal, or lamb in a white sauce

Blanquette de Veau refers to a white stew of veal. This is a classic French stew which is made from veal, mushrooms, and onions. The stew is first simmered in a white stock, then served in a Velouté sauce finished with egg yolk and cream. Velouté sauce is made by mixing a white roux with white stock from light chicken or veal stock.

Blasige Rauke (Eruca vesicaria sativa) is a German word for arugula

Blattgemüse is a German word for leafy, green vegetables

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Other definition:
Blattgemuse isthe German word forleafy vegetable

Ble is the French word for wheat

Blechkuchen is the German word for sheet cake or a cake baked in cake tray/baking sheet. It is when the Batter or the dough is spread on the baking/cake tray/sheet then baked and then spreaded or filled with other ingredients. Moreover, Blechkuchen is so called as such because the cake is baked in a baking sheet/cake tray

Examples of famous sweet Blechkuchen from Germany are Donauwelle, Bienenstich, Butterkuchen, Zwetschgenkuchen and lot more considering that different kinds of fillings or toppings can be used. Zwiebelkuchen is a kind of savory "Blechkuchen".

Blechkuchen are generally rectangular in form and they are cut into squares when served.

Blech means "sheet" of metal and in German it refers to "metal baking sheet/cake tray" used to make their varieties of Blechkuchen.

Pictures shown below is a portion of Butterkuchen which is an example of Blechkuchen.

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Blend is a coffee term that refers to a mixture of two or more single-origin coffees.

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Blette is the name of Swiss chard in Monaco.

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Bleu de Bresse refers to a Cheese from the Rhone-Alps Region of France which is a cylindrical Cheese with a soft, rich, buttery pate with a blue penicillin mould adding a mushroom flavour.

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Deutsch: Violetter Rötelritterling / Español: Champiñón azulado / Português: Cogumelo azulado / Français: Lépiote déguenillée / Italiano: Funghi blu

Blewit refers to a species of edible mushroom, known scientifically as Lepista nuda, that is prized for its flavor in culinary uses. This mushroom is distinctive for its lilac to purple coloring and is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands.

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