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Sea fish
Monkfish in americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Clam risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
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Scallop sushi
Sushi : vinegared cooked rice combined with other ingredients : seafood, vegetables, or sometimes tropical fruits.
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Petit suisse
France. Normandy.
Fresh cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk enriched with cream.
Poultry
Ostrich tournedos with béarnaise sauce
Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Consommé and Soup
Pauchouse
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from pieces of lean freshwater fish (pike, perch, zander) and fatty fish (eel, carp, salmon, tench, trout), cooked in a white wine sauce and served with croutons, bacon bits, and potatoes.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes and hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
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Beef tenderloin with duck foie gras and bordelaise sauce
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
> view pairingsPizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Fougasse with Gruyère and bacon
Shortcrust filling with eggs and cream mixed with bacon.
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Soumaintrain refined with blackcurrant and blackcurrant liqueur
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soumaintrain stuffed with blackcurrant berries soaked in blackcurrant liqueur.
Ripening : 2 to 3 days.
Shellfish and Seafood
Roasted spiny lobster with sweet spicy butter
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
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Apple strudel
Puff pastry filled with pieces of apple and raisins, usually seasoned with cinnamon and served warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard, or vanilla sauce.
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Knuckle of lamb with thyme
Knuckle of lamb : cut of meat located beneath the leg (gigot), surrounding the shinbone of the hind leg.
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Strawberry snow
Whipped egg whites filled with cottage cheese, topped with strawberries and a fruit coulis.
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