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Sauces
Montpellier butter
Butter mixed with garlic, capers, herbs (chervil, watercress, spinach, tarragon, parsley), gherkin, shallot, anchovy fillet and hard-boiled egg.
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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.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallops 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."
Shellfish and Seafood
Spider crab and pistou
Pistou : provençal sauce made from crushed basil, garlic, and olive oil.
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Langoustines with lemon butter sauce
Lemon butter sauce : lemon, crème fraîche and butter.
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Haunch of venison with poivrade sauce
Haunch : leg.
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.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie
Smoked salmon quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Offal and tripe
Veal sweetbreads with morel cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
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Vegetable tajine
Stew of vegetables based on : eggplant, carrots, zucchini, olive oil, onions, peppers, tomatoes and spices (curry, paprika, ras el hanout).
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Saintonge mouclade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish based on mussels from bouchot with garlic, a bouquet garni, Charentes butter, fresh cream, curry, shallots, egg yolks, and Pineau des Charentes (or a dry white wine from Charentes or Cognac, depending on the recipe).
Sauces
Financiere sauce
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.
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Beef bourguignon
Slow-cooked beef in red wine in a covered pot, with mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon.
Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.
Cheeses
Emmental
Switzerland.
Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.
Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese
Sheep and Goats
Shoulder of lamb with mixed vegetables
Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.
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