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Meal families

Poultry

Supreme of fattened chicken

Supreme : boneless chicken breast with the flesh from the wings.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Desserts

Peach bourdaloue

Peach and frangipane pie sprinkled with crushed macaroons

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Veal

Blanquette de veau with mushrooms

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

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Cheeses

Mâconnais

France. Burgundy. Saône-et-Loire. Mâconnais.
Raw unpasteurised goat's milk cheese.

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Sea fish

Salmon a l’unilateral

A l'unilateraly : cooked on one side only, usually for fish cooked only on the skin side.

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Game animals

Haunch of wild boar with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : pepper sauce with blood from the meat, cream and red currant jelly.

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Cheeses

Brocciu passu

France. Corsica.
Ewe's milk cheese combining milk and whey.
Ripening : 21 days to 4 months maximum.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with Bechamel

Bechamel sauce : Butter and flour (roux) made with milk or cream.

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Desserts

Peach Conde

Vanilla rice pudding topped with peaches in syrup.

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : Reduction of white wine, fish broth (or mussel juice) with shallots (or onions) and butter.

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