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Meal families

Desserts

Pithivier

Cake made with almond cream and puff pastry.

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Desserts

Chocolate cake with coffee custard

Custard : mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla.

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Desserts

Douillon à la poire

France. Normandy.
Pear hollowed out in the center and filled with granulated sugar with a teaspoon of Calvados and butter, or with jam for children, baked in the oven in shortcrust or puff pastry.

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Sea fish

Brandade

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Pork

Tonkatsu

Japan.
Breaded and fried pork cutlet served with shredded cabbage, Worcestershire sauce and karashi (Chinese mustard).
Dish usually served with rice and miso soup.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with Pont-Neuf potatoes

Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver a l’anglaise

English-style : with bacon.

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Appetizers

Tapenade toast

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

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Veal

Veal chop with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Stuffed cardoon with tuna

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Desserts

Mandarine givrée

Mandarine sorbet served in a mandarine.

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Sea fish

Monkfish in 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."

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