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Meal families

Desserts

Caramel charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Poultry

Spatchcocked chicken with garlic and rosemary

Spatchcock : bird prepared for grilling or roasting by removing the backbone and sternum and flattening it out before cooking.

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Desserts

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Veal

Veal paupiettes and spring garnish

Spring garnish : carrots, onions, turnips, peas…

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels in cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Main meals

Jambalaya a la provençale

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Poultry and saffron rice preparation.

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Cheeses

La Bouille

France. Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Bay scallop and shrimp raviole with paprika

Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.

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Desserts

Diplomat pudding

Sponge cake soaked with Grand Marnier (sometimes kirsch) with a pastry cream filled with candied fruit and covered with Chantilly cream topped with a candied cherry.

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Veal

Wiener Schnitzel with anchovies and capers

Originally the wiener schnitzel contained anchovies and capers.

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Desserts

Dark chocolate mousse

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Poultry

Roasted squab à la goutte de sang

Cooked à la goutte de sang : quick sear over medium-high heat to brown the surface of the meat while keeping the inside pink.

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Freshwater fish

Eel in red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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Cheeses

Gran Canaria

United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep’s, goat’s, and cow’s milk with an olive oil washed rind.
Ripening : 2 years.

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Cheeses

Saint-Marcellin

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Savoie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cooked meats

Andouille de Vire with cider sauce

Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Cider sauce : cider, butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and white wine.
Served hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Prawn risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Game animals

Roasted venison with sauce poivrade

Poivrade sauce : mirepoix (carrot, onion, celery) with butter, bacon bits, aromatics (bay leaf, thyme), white wine, vinegar, with a veal or game stock and black peppercorns.

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