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Meal families

Cheeses

Monsieur-Fromage

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

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Desserts

Nun’s puffs

Light and sweet puffed fritter made from choux pastry.

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Poultry

Stuffed goose neck Strasbourg-style

Goose neck stuffed with pork and veal meat, with Cognac, cream and black truffle.
Served hot.

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Poultry

Confit duck leg with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Desserts

Pretzel

Knot-shaped bread or brioche covered with coarse salt.

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Sheep and Goats

Saddle of lamb with herbs

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

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Sea fish

Salmon steak with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Cheeses

Olivet bleu

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Olivet.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.

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Eggs

Provençal style poached eggs

Poached eggs with pan-fried tomatoes, parsley, garlic, onions and bread.

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Beef

Steak au poivre

Beef flambéed with Cognac and served with a pepper sauce flavored with white wine, Marsala, or Port, and optionally accompanied by mustard.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken en vessie

En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.

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Cold starters

Guinea-fowl pâté

Served cold.

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Game birds

Mallard salmis

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sweet and sour sauce shrimp

Sweet and sour sauce : Tomato sauce with shallot, olive oil and bay leaf.

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Rabbit

Rabbit gibelotte with red wine

Rabbit stew with red wine.

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Cheeses

Blarney Castle

Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind.

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