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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Ambassadeur
Sponge cake soaked in Grand Marnier (sometimes Kirsch), layered with pastry cream filled with candied fruits, and topped with marzipan (typically green).
Eggs
Provençal style poached eggs
Poached eggs with pan-fried tomatoes, parsley, garlic, onions and bread.
Cured Meats
Cold cut buffet
Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, and the guests help themselves.
Cured Meats
Oreiller de la Belle Aurore
Terrine of different meats baked in the oven, coated in gelatin, in a pastry crust.
Served cold.
Poultry
Chicken with morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Cheeses
Bresse bleu
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Seafish
Poached darne of salmon
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sheep and Goats
Braised lamb chops
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Fruits
Brasucado
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Occitanie. Cévennes.
Roasting chestnuts over a wood fire on a metal sheet or in a large pan.
Seafish
Roasted pavé of salmon
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Fouée with mojette beans
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Mojette beans : white beans from Vendée.