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Meal families

Ice cream and sorbets

Pear sorbet

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Eggs

Oeufs en meurette

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Poached eggs with red wine sauce, bacon lardons and onion compote.

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Sea fish

Grilled herring with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops

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Cheeses

Goat cheese marinated in white wine

Dry goat cheese soaked in white wine.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.

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Sauces

Pesto sauce

Italy. Liguria.
Condiment or sauce made with olive oil and broth mixed with garlic, basil leaves, Pecorino Sardo, pine nuts, and marjoram or parsley.

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Cheeses

Fourme d’Ambert

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Soft blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 28 days minimum.

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Offal and tripe

Veal kidney with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Crayfish gratin with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

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Beef

Bordeaux style entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Sea fish

Wing with beurre noisette

Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Endive and scallops tart

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed mushrooms

Stuffed mushrooms with ham.

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Sea fish

Monkfish tail with beurre blanc sauce

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

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