Flickr Find: A Fabulous French Vegetable Terrine

We spent a good portion of our morning checking into photos of French cuisine on Flickr and although we found many tasty dishes, we kept coming back to this one image. It stood apart from all the small bites of fish and olives and kept us asking, what all is in there and how soon can we make one?

This terrine is filled with veggies, what appears to be a little gelatin (we'd guess onion or ham flavored) and then surrounded in strips of ham. Can you identify all that's inside? We see green onions, red cabbage, red pepper, carrot and possibly mango? Pineapple? Anyone else have a guess?

If you're looking for more terrine excitement, make sure to check out Emma's Octopus Terrine story which is labeled, "The Weirdest Thing I Ever Ate!" Even though terrines seem like the food of long ago when people had patience and a strong desire to mold things, they can be a great way to make a big splash when it comes to presentation on a budget!

(Image: Flickr member DarioMilano Food Styling & Photography licensed for use by Creative Commons)

Comments (9)

That is beautiful! I think I can spot some tell tale beet magenta. I doubt there's pineapple since that prevents gelatin from setting.

Beet would be a far more suitable choice! Good eye!

maybe the yellow is yellow peppers or golden beats? I'm pretty sure the purple is from purple cabbage.

I'm not sure how I feel about the veggie flavored gelatin... I think it would make me vomit to eat gelatinous onion.

I think I see yellow or orange pepper in there.

The terrine is certainly beautiful to look upon! I'm not so sure about the gelatin aspect but I'd give it a try.

red cabbage, spring onion, swede, carrot, red pepper, broad bean surrounded by ham.
I'd expect beef gelatine leaf personally, made with stock to mix.

is that spring onion really green beans?

yes you're right. And according to his flickr profile he took the photo in Australia, not France...

I think it's red cabbage on the bottom and I agree with Heather Bella that those little green bits look like green beans instead of green onions.

Definitely green beans on the bottom, but the round light green things on top look like they could be spring onions or asparagus. It's hard to tell the texture.