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Meal families

Beef

Roasted rib steak with red wine sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Sea fish

Sea bass with herbes de Provence in a beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Beef

Grilled beef with poivrade sauce

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed artichokes with shrimp

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Others

Chop suey

Chop suey : shrimp, fish, or meats (beef, pork, or chicken) cooked with vegetables (celery, cabbage, mung bean sprouts…) bound with a starch-thickened sauce.Usually served with rice, sometimes with noodles.

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Cold starters

Duck foie gras aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Sauces

Cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Marinated bay scallops in lemon

Marinade : soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

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Beef

Beef carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with morel and cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta al limone

Pasta with cream and lemon.

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