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Meal families

Veal

Veal rump steack with morel mushrooms and a cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with lemon

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Black truffle and Parmesan risotto

Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.

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Desserts

Angel’s food cake

A type of vanilla sponge cake often served covered with red berry coulis and strawberries.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops

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Sauces

Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Desserts

Chocolate and orange 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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Sauces

Marchand de vin butter

Butter mixed with shallots cooked in wine with lemon and parsley.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with ginger

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Pork

Diots with cabbage

Diot : chopped pork sausage flavored with nutmeg and cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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Main meals

Jambalaya a la provençale

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Poultry and saffron rice preparation.

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Sea fish

Kazunoko

Japan.
Salted or dried herring roe.

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Pork

Pork chop with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Warm starters

Spinach and ricotta tart

Ricotta : Italian or Maltese cheese made from whey of other cheeses, from sheep or cow milk.

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Cooked meats

Andouille sausage

Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.

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Cooked meats

Pork liver pâté

Paté made with coarsely chopped ingredients like pork and flavored with herbs, spices, etc cooked in a terracotta container.
Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Ginger prawn

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Desserts

Victoria sponge

Genoise filled with whipped cream and red berries.

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