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Meal families

Beef

Grilled rib steak with peppercorn sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Seafish

Bouillabaisse with saffron

Provençal fish stew. The name of this dish comes from the Provençal Occitan bolh (boiling) and abaissar (reduce) : bouille et abaisse.

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Seafish

Sea bass supreme with beurre blanc sauce

Fish suprême : boneless fillet.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Peach clafoutis

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Cheeses

Cancoillotte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Lorraine.
Melted cheese made from skimmed cow's milk then curdled into processed cheese (heated with butter, water and salt)

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Poultry

Duckling Montmorency

Duckling served with a sauce made from poultry velouté and Montmorency cherries.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Tellines with garlic

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.

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Cheeses

Salers

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Sheep and Goats

Spit-roasted leg of lamb with tarragon

Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.

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Miscellaneous

Sturio caviar

Caviar from Aquitaine.

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Sheep and Goats

Shoulder of lamb in salt crust

Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.

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Cheeses

Pouligny Saint-Pierre

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry. Pouligny-saint-pierre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Foxglove

United States. Indiana.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Ripening : 1 to 3 months.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Tapenade toast

Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini mushrooms

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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