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French term or phrase:	asperges à la ventrèche
English translation:	asparagus wrapped in ventrèche (similar to bacon)
Entered by:	Miranda Joubioux

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3:11pm Mar 17, 2008

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French term or phrase: asperges à la ventrèche

Carré d’Agneau rôti, asperges à la ventrèche, chapelure de chorizo.

As far as I can see it has something to do with this
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventr%C3%A8che
but I'm not sure what it would be called in English.
Is this just a fancy name for asparagus rolled in bacon?

Miranda Joubioux

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Clarification request(s) and response

Jonathan MacKerron: 3:21pm Mar 17, 2008: see http://www.chow.com/ingredients/416
Bourth: 3:56pm Mar 17, 2008: Quite probably "bacon-wrapped asparagus (bundles)".
Vikki Leung: 2:08pm Mar 18, 2008: I agree with Tony up to a certain point, that it is tricky to decide what to translate and what not to. It really depends on the context.
Vikki Leung: 2:08pm Mar 18, 2008: For example, in any decent French restaurant the menu items would be in French, possibly with a full set of the translation alongside or in a seperate menu, but invariably with lost meaning.
Vikki Leung: 2:09pm Mar 18, 2008: On the other hand in a recipe, where precision is more important than presentation, you would generally find entries such as "Asparagus with Ventreche" or "Asparagus stuffed with Ventreche" etc., with further explanation somewhere.

asperagus with ventrèche

Explanation:
FYI.

If you must translate to English, please leave "ventrèche" alone just like what mariavaz suggests.

Selected response from:

Vikki Leung
Canada

Note from asker to answerer

I've chosen to keep the French and to put "similar to bacon" in brackets, because I really feel that very few customers will know what it is.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and references.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

asparagus ventrèche

mariavaz

4 +1

NFG

Bourth

asperagus with ventrèche

Vikki Leung

asparagus with / in bacon

Tony M

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16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

asparagus ventrèche

Explanation:
on utilise le mot ventrèche en anglais aussi (on ne doit pas le traduire, je pense)

Reference: http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/encyclopaedia!op...

mariavaz
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

50 mins confidence:

asparagus with / in bacon

Explanation:
ventrèche is really uncured belly pork, so not literally bacon as such; however, I think that would probably be the closest way to describe it in EN.

Not sure about the 'rolled' bit though...

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Note added at 51 mins (2008-03-17 16:03:30 GMT)
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OK, so Bourth has found that ventrèche can indeed be cured — though the variety we have down here isn't usually; definitely like streaky bacon, though

Tony M
France
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 210

48 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

NFG

Explanation:
Results of research:

Ventrèche, Nom donné dans le Sud-Ouest à la poitrine séchée et roulée. ..
maitre.gege.free.fr/glossaire_page4.htm

Ventrèche (french pancetta)
Like bacon, ventrèche—which means belly—is made with pork belly. Like pancetta, it is cured rather than smoked and is meatier than bacon. It can be sliced thin, seared, and used in salads or canapés, or used to WRAP lean meats for flavor and moistness
. ...
www.chow.com/ingredients/416

Ventrèche has both fat and meat, like streaky bacon or American bacon. The meat is rolled up and cured. The pieces can be of varying sizes. ...
www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/ventreche

Quite possibly this:

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Bundles : Food Network
These bundles can be easily prepared on outdoor grill or in a hot oven.
www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_28...

I make bacon-wrapped asparagus every now and then, because Son loves it (as do I) and it’s a delicious way to get more vegetables (of course the bacon ...
sushiday.com/archives/2007/03/21/bacon-wrapped-asparagus-maki/

Asperges vertes du Béarn roulées ventrèche et grillées.
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=99554&st=30

Picture (Prenez un petit plat pour mettre les fagots d’asperges. Etalez la ventrêche sur une planche à découper, puis faites les fagots comme sur la photo) at http://atable.midiblogs.com/tag/Ventr%C3%AAche

I do it with beans and bacon.

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Note added at 56 mins (2008-03-17 16:08:27 GMT)
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No luck finding anything of the "devils on horseback", "angels on horseback" ilk, just this boring old "asparagus roll-ups":

Asparagus Roll-Ups 2 bunches of fresh asparagus 4 slices bacon, or 4 Tbsp. real ......
www.recipelink.com/msgbrd/board_31/2006/FEB/36546.html

Bourth
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 76

1 hr confidence:

asperagus with ventrèche

Explanation:
FYI.

If you must translate to English, please leave "ventrèche" alone just like what mariavaz suggests.

Vikki Leung
Canada
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

I've chosen to keep the French and to put "similar to bacon" in brackets, because I really feel that very few customers will know what it is.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and references.

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French: asperges à la ventrèche

English translation: asparagus wrapped in ventrèche (similar to bacon)