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Meal families

Seafish

Salt-crusted sea bass with beurre blanc sauce

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

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Main courses

Moroccan lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Beef

Fleischschnacka

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
(Snail meat).
A specialty made with a filling of cooked meat (usually leftover pot-au-feu) mixed with egg, onion, parsley, pepper, and salt, rolled in noodle dough before being pan-fried and then poached in broth.
Dish usually served with roasted potatoes and a green salad.

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Veal

Roasted rack of veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Beef

Chili con carne

Beef and chili (spice mix) with various vegetables (red beans, onion, tomato…) and aromatics (garlic, cumin…).

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Cheeses

Bohemian blue

United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear flan

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Rabbit

Rabbit cacciatore

Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.

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Cheeses

Taleggio

Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with a pink-orange colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 25 to 40 days.

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Beef

Rib steak with bourguignonne sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster bisque

Bisque : creamy soup of clear, shellfish stock.

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Main courses

Stoemp and sausage

Belgium.
Stoemp : mashed potatoes served with various vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, spinach, onion, peas, leek, carrot) and flavored with aromatic spices (bay leaf, thyme).

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Trianon

Almond cake base topped with crunchy praline and chocolate mousse.

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Feathered game

Young partridge with cabbage

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster a la nage

Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

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