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Plural: blettes
Language: French
Description: Swiss chard. In southern France it is sometimes served in a deep pie with apples, pine nuts, raisins and cheese. It can either be served as a dessert or as a savoury depending on the amount of sugar included. It also means bleak, a kind of fish.
| Swiss chard photographed at the lovely Hillcrest Farmers' Market in California |
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Pronounced: blett
Gender: f
Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: France
Also known as: bette poirée, bléa, blète, carde, carde poirée, côte de blette, poirée
See places: French food and cuisine
See foods and dishes: bette, blette
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