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Meal families

Desserts

Peaches with meringue

Baked peaches topped with meringue.

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Poultry

Guinea fowl with paprika sauce

Paprika sauce : reduced velouté with cream, veal jus, onion, and paprika.

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Pork

Rethel boudin blanc

France. Grand Est. Ardennes.
White sausage made only from pork meat with milk instead of blood.

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Pork

Saucisse de Morteau

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Haut-Doubs.
Smoked sausage.

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Main meals

Lamb tajine with prunes

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Cheeses

Smokey blue

United States. Oregon.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk, smoked over hazelnut shells.
Ripening : 90 days.

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Appetizers

Gougères with Maroilles

Gougères stuffed with Maroilles cheese.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Poached scallops

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive gratin

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Desserts

Crémets d’Anjou

Egg white beaten with whipped cream and red berries.

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Desserts

Macarons

Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Cooked meats

Rabbit pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster medallion en Bellevue

Bellevue : presentation of a shellfish (typically lobster or spiny lobster served in medallions), a whole fish, or a meat (often poultry) cooked whole, served cold and coated with aspic jelly.
Often accompanied by mayonnaise or andalouse sauce (mayonnaise with tomato puree and spices), vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine with salmon

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Beef

Tournedos Rossini

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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Game birds

Wood pigeon salmis

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

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Desserts

Pineapple bagatelle

Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.

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