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Meal families

Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Goat cheese and bacon quiche

Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.

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Main meals

Tablier de sapeur with tartare sauce

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.
Tartar sauce : mayonnaise with capers, chives, pickles and chopped parsley.
Dish usually served with steamed potatoes.

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Desserts

Pear and amandine tart

Amandine : cover with almonds.

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Pork

Peking knuckle of pork with spices

To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.

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Freshwater fish

Bordeaux style sturgeon

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

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Pork

American pork ribs

American : BBQ sauce with paprika.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb en croûte

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Saint-Félicien

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Hautes-Alpes. Dauphiné.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Potato galette with black truffle

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Cheeses

St. Malachi

United States. Pennsylvania.
Pressed cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.

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Desserts

Trianon

Almond cake base topped with crunchy praline and chocolate mousse.

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Poultry

Steamed chicken supreme stuffed with herbs

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Game animals

Hare salmis

Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.

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