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Meal families

Desserts

Mendiants

Disc of chocolate topped with candied and dried fruits (almond, fig, hazelnut, grape originally).

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Sea fish

Grilled turbot with melted butter

Melted butter : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with porcini

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Sea fish

Brandade de morue parmentière

Brandade with mashed potatoes.

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Sheep and Goats

Grilled saddle of lamb

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Sea fish

Sea bass and salmon tartar with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Cheeses

La Bouille

France. Upper Normandy. Seine-Maritime. La Bouille.
Soft-ripened double cream cow's milk cheese with rind.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish from Lazio with eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and optionally cream.

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Cheeses

Langres

France. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Sauces

Green peppercorn sauce

Green peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots drizzled with Cognac before being reduced, added with crushed pepper green, reduced veal stock and cream.

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Desserts

Apple strudel

Puff pastry stuffed with apple pieces and raisins generally accompanied by cinnamon and served hot with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, custard, or vanilla sauce.

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Veal

Calf’s head with ravigote sauce

Ravigote sauce : lightly acidic hot or cold sauce with velouté or vinaigrette with capers, egg yolks, shallots or onion and aromatic herbs (chervil, tarragon, parsley).

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Game birds

Salmi of young partridge

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Game birds

Quails with black truffle juice

Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Main meals

Duck hachis parmentier

Hachis parmentier : Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.

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Cooked meats

Pâté en croûte

Terrine of different meats wrapped in jelly and baked in a pie crust.
Served cold.

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Desserts

Orange bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard cream mixed with whipped fresh cream and gelatine flavored with an alcohol.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Blintz with salmon and shirred eggs

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Main meals

Potée

Mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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