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Meal families

Pork

Pork ribs with devil’s sauce

Devil sauce : shallot and vinegar reduction with veal stock and espagnole sauce, simmered and reduced by half with tomato.

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Others

Pan bagnat

Tuna or anchovy sandwich with raw vegetables, olive oil, and hard-boiled egg slices.

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Sauces

Mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb chops 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

Mandarin bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Cheeses

Pavé du Nord jeune

France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Beef

Sukalki

Basque Country.
Beef stew with potatoes and vegetables.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Green asparagus 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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Freshwater fish

Eel in red wine

Eel cut into pieces and cooked in red wine.

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Beef

Tournedos Rossini and mashed potato with black truffle

Rossini : piece of meat, cut into medallion (several centimeters thick) on a slice of bread golden-browned in butter, topped with a slice of seared foie gras and covered with three truffle slices. The sauce is prepared with the cooking juices deglazed with Madeira and added grated black truffle.

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Beef

Beef tenderloin with duck foie gras and bordelaise sauce

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

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop tartare with lime and curry sauce

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Leeks vinaigrette

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Desserts

Malakoff 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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Sauces

Anchovy sauce

Anchovy sauce : anchovy and herb sauce with shallot and oil.

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Others

Creamy garlic snails

Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Pork

Roast pork leg slice

Leg slice : thick, round slice cut crosswise from the shank.

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