|
La macédoine |
Mixed diced vegetable or fruit |
La meurette |
Red wine sauce for egg / fish etc. |
| La mâche | Lamb's lettuce | La miche | Large round white loaf |
| Le macis | Mace (powdered nutmeg) | La mie | Inside part of bread |
| La macreuse | Shoulder of beef | Le miel | Honey |
| Le magret de canard | Fillet of duck | La miette | Crumb / small piece |
| Le maïs | Maize / corn-on-the-cob | La mignonnette | Course-ground pepper / wild chicory |
| La mangue | Mango | Mijoter | Cook slowly |
| Un maquereau | Mackerel | Le mille-feuille | Puff pastry layers with cream / jam |
| La marasque | Maraschino cherry | La mirabelle | Cherry plum / its distilled in wine |
| Le marasquin | Maraschino cherry liqueur | Mirepoix | Mixed diced vegetable + bacon or ham |
| Le marc | Distilled residue of wine | Le mironton | Meat stew with onions |
| Le marcassin | Young boar (below 6 months) | La moelle | Bone marrow |
| La marjolaine | Oregano | Le moka | Moccha - strong coffee / coffee cake |
| La marmelade | Stewed purée of fruit | Le mont-blanc | Chestnut cake topped with whipped cream |
| La marmite | Cooking pot / stew cooked in it | La montmorency | Kind of cherry |
| Le marron | Chestnut | Une morille | Morel mushroom |
| Le marron glacé | Preserved chestnut | La morue (verte) | Salt cod |
| Le massepain | Marzipan / almond biscuit | La morue longue | Ling |
| Le matefaim | Thick pancake | Le mou | Lights (lungs etc.) |
| La matelote | Fish (esp. eel) in red wine and onions | La mouclade | Mussels à la crème |
| Le méchoui | Whole lamb spit-roasted | Les moules marinières | Mussels in court-bouillon and wine |
| Le médaillon | Round /oval-shaped piece | Mousseline | A frothy or very light dish (eg pommes mousseline) |
| Le méli-mélo | Mixture | Un mousseron | Wild mushroom |
| La menthe | Mint | La moutarde | Mustard |
| Le menu | Fixed-price menu | Un mouton | Mutton |
| Une merguez | Small spicy sausage | Le muge | Grey mullet |
| La merise | Slightly acid black cherry | Le mulet | Grey mullet |
| Le merlan | Whiting | La mûre | Mulberry / blackberry |
| Le merle | Blackbird | La muscade | Nutmeg |
| Le merlu / la merluche | Hake / dried cod | Le museau | Brawn |
| Le mesclun | Mixed salad | La mye | Gaper or old maid (a kind of clam) |
| Le mets | Prepared dish | La myrte | Myrtle |
| à la meunière | + browned butter + seasoning + Lemon juice + parsley | La myrtille | Bilberry / whortleberry |
