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Meal families

Poultry

Sautéed duck aiguillette

Aiguillette : thin slice cut lengthwise from a poultry breast.

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Main meals

Ganzeltopf

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish of slow-cooked confit goose with mixed vegetables and white wine.

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Veal

Provençal veal tendron

Provençal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Desserts

Baerewecke

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Bread with dried and candied fruits marinated in alcohol.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with langoustines

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Freshwater fish

Blanquette of zander

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Blanquette of bay scallop blanquette with Noilly Prat

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Noilly Prat : vermouth with notes of chamomile and coriander.

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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce and mushrooms

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cooked meats

Andouille de Charlieu

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Charlieu.
Pork sausage using mainly of pork heart and throat marinated in red wine with herbs and spices.
Served hot or cold.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast knuckle of lamb

Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.

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Desserts

Rhubarb sablé

Sablé : cake, usually round with fluted edges, made from shortcrust pastry (butter, flour, sugar, and sometimes egg yolk).

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Cooked meats

Glazed ham

Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Eclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fennel

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Sauces

Chocolate sauce

Chocolate sauce : red wine with butter, shallot, veal stock, pepper and cocoa.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef cannelloni

Minced beef or pork hash.

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Beef

Braised rib steak

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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