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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.
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.
Cold starters
Pike mousseline with crawfish sauce
Mousseline : light culinary preparation to which whipped cream is added.
Shellfish and Seafood
Baked oysters with horseradish
Horseradish : herb grown for its hot mustard-flavored root.
Poultry
Geline with cream and morels
Geline : chicken from Touraine.
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Feathered game
Young partridge salmis
Salmis : game or poultry carcass reduction in spiced wine sauce.
Freshwater fish
Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
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.
Cheeses
Castelrosso
Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months.
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.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Green asparagus with hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
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.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Cherry pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Pizza alla puttanesca
Pizza made with anchovies, capers, olives, and bell peppers.