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Meal families

Sauces

Sweet and sour sauce

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Poultry

Duck confit with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Main courses

Scallop sushi

Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.

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Seafish

Braised sea bass with fennel

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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Sauces

Ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : cold or hot acidic sauce based on velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Saffron mussel soup

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Prune tart

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Furred game

Hare à la royale

A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Fruit tabbouleh

ruits : citrus fruits, mango and apple sweetened with orange blossom honey.

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Main courses

Seafood gumbo

United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.

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Cured Meats

Lonzu

France. Corsica.
Salted charcuterie, washed with wine before being dried and peppered, then smoked.

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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Gazpacho with green pepper

Gaspacho : soup made from blended raw vegetables and served cold.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Alsatian-style blueberry tart

Alsatian-style : tart with a cream made from eggs, kirsch, milk, sugar, and flour.

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