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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Black plum tart

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Seafish

Sea bream 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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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Kouign amann

France. Brittany. Finistère. Douarnenez.
Crispy cake made with bread dough containing butter and sugar, folded in layers, like puff pastry but with fewer layers.
Served warm or hot.

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Cold starters

Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce

Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Baked oysters with horseradish

Horseradish : herb grown for its hot mustard-flavored root.

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Poultry

Geline with cream and morels

Geline : chicken from Touraine.
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple cake

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Grilled porcini mushrooms

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Feathered game

Young partridge salmis

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

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Poultry

Roasted duck with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : a rich sauce made with veal stock and red wine, blended with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper, and thyme.

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Cheeses

Castelrosso

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.

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Sheep and Goats

Provençal mutton daube

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Green asparagus with hollandaise sauce

Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.

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Sauces

Marinière sauce

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Pizza alla puttanesca

Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.

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