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Meal families

Cheeses

Baked mozzarella

Mozzarella : fresh and stretched-curd cheese made from buffalo milk.

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Desserts

Frangipane cake

Frangipane : almond-based cream mixed with pastry cream with butter, eggs, sugar and flavored with rum.

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Desserts

Pineapple boat

Boat : a hollowed-out fruit or vegetable, filled and presented in the shape of a small boat.

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Cheeses

Pouligny Saint-Pierre

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry. Pouligny-saint-pierre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb in salt crust

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Sea fish

Skate with black butter sauce

Beurre noir (black butter sauce) : butter cooked until it takes on a dark color, in reaction with an acid (capers, lemon juice, white wine, vinegar).

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Poultry

Chicken confit

Generally eaten hot.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Morel mushroom fricassee

Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Fried seafood

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind and square shape.

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Cheeses

Tête de moine Réserve

Switzerland. Bernese Jura.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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Freshwater fish

Artic char with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cold starters

Oyster tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Freshwater fish

Trout with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Sauces

Provençal sauce

Provençal sauce : crushed tomatoes and a garlic clove sautéed in oil.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with beurre blanc sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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