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Poultry
Chicken fricassee with cream sauce
Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Sauces
White sauce
White sauce : sauce made from heated flour and butter with added hot liquid (broth, water, pan juices, wine).
Freshwater fish
Pike-perch with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Seafish
Dieppoise-style marinated herring
Herring poached in a marinade of white wine and vinegar with carrot, celery, and onion, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and flavored with bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.
Sauces
Herb butter
Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Poire Belle-Hélène
Poached pears in syrup, served with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate, and crystallized violets.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Pineapple bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
Seafish
Roasted John Dory with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Seafish
Cold salmon mayonnaise
Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.
Feathered game
Pheasant in chartreuse of vegetables
Chartreuse : a dish cooked in a bain-marie, made of braised cabbage (or other vegetables) layered alternately with meat to create a contrast of colors.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Crème brûlée
Caramel pudding with crunchy caramel topping under an iron broiler or with a flame.
Cheeses
Twig farm washed rind wheel
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s and cow’s milk with a golden yellow cider lees washed rind.
Ripening : 2 to 3 months.


