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Meal families

Poultry

Orange chick

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine or a reduced veal or poultry stock.

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Desserts

Pineapple bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cold starters

Tuna tataki

Tataki : raw fish or raw meat cut into thin slices that are seared, then marinated in rice vinegar or mirin before being seasoned with a condiment (often ginger)

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Sea fish

Grilled sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Desserts

Pear and amandine tart

Amandine : cover with almonds.

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Sauces

Americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Cold starters

Turkey meatloaf

Ballotine : piece of meat, game, fish, or poultry that is deboned, rolled, stuffed, and tied, cooked in a casserole or set in jelly.

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Sauces

Caper sauce

Caper sauce : creamy white sauce with egg yolks, lemon juice and capers Cream and egg yolk sauce with lemon and capers.

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Pork

Pork filet mignon with Maroilles sauce

Sauce made with Maroilles cheese and white wine.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate dessert

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops with lemon butter

Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.

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Eggs

Cloud eggs

Beaten egg white with egg yolk and grated cheese.

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Cooked meats

Venison pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartare with sorrel sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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