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Taco
Mexico.
A hand-held corn cake made with a folded corn tortilla, typically filled with one or more ingredients from traditional Mexican cuisine (lime, coriander, onion, grilled meat) and served with a sauce—often made with garlic, coriander, onion, chili, and tomato.
Shellfish and Seafood
Oysters with jelly
Oysters poached in their own juice and served on a lemon-flavored jelly made from poultry broth.
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Milk-fed lamb with thyme
Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.
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Peach trifle
Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.
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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."
Sea fish
Monkfish and spring vegetables
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
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Ashbrook
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.
Cold starters
Black radish and herb butter
Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.
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Museau vinaigrette
Pressed and sliced head cheese, served with a vinaigrette and accompanied by pickles, shallots or pearl onions.
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Sole with beurre noisette sauce
Beurre noisette (brown butter) : butter cooked until it reaches a light brown color and a nutty aroma, then strained into a cold container to stop the cooking.
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Méchoui
Whole lamb or mutton roasted on a spit, slow-cooked for a long time.
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Lamb noisette with sweet spices
Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
Main meals
Vegetarian Tartiflette
Cream-based dish with potatoes, sometimes with mushrooms, baked au gratin with cheese.
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Saint-Florentin
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Appetizers
Anchovy butter
Softened butter mashed with anchovy fillets, garlic, and sometimes herbs.
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