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Desserts and Sweet Courses
Coffee religieuse
Religieuse : pastry composed of two small choux pastries filled with flavored pastry cream and covered with fondant and buttercream.
Seafish
Salt-crusted sea bass
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
Veal
Veal roast Orloff
Orloff : cooked veal sliced and covered with a sauce Soubise mixed with chopped mushrooms and onion puree (no cheese in the recipe).
Served hot.
Cold starters
Crab aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Furred game
Roasted doe fillet with huntsman sauce
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.
Poultry
Chicken en barbouille
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
En barbouille : chicken stewed in red wine with blood sauce.
Veal
Veal grenadine with porcini mushrooms
Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.
Shellfish and Seafood
Clam fricassee
Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
Ice cream and sorbets
Iced nougatine parfait
Parfait : frozen dessert made with heavy cream, eggs, and a flavoring (alcohol, fresh or dried fruit purée, chocolate, vanilla, etc.).
Seafish
Sea bass fillets with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Shrimp risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Miscellaneous
Oriental style pita
Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat (lamb, beef, chicken, etc.), hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).
Offal and tripe
Bordeaux style lamb kidneys
Kidney cooked in red wine and topped with bordelaise sauce.
Cheeses
Fougerus
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind decorated with a fern leaf.
Ripening : 3 to 6 weeks.