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Meal families

Desserts

Cherry mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Sea fish

Sea bass tartare with seaweed

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Garlic shrimp scampi

Scampi : langoustine without head.

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Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.

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Desserts

Raspberry macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Others

Croque-monsieur

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Cardoon with bone marrow

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Rhône. Lyon.

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Sea fish

Sea bream ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Cheeses

Remoudou

Belgium. Limburger.
Pasteurized Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

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Sauces

Henri IV sauce

Henri IV sauce : béarnaise sauce enriched with veal stock.

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Cheeses

Murol

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Puy-de-Dôme.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk and a reddish-orange colored washed rind with a hole in the middle.

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Game birds

Young partridge with fondant potatoes

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.
Fondant potatoes : potatoes braised in a white stock (veal and/or poultry broth combined with vegetable stock) with butter.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tagliatelle with seafood

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with tapenade

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Tapenade : garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, black olives, pepper, and olive oil.

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Poultry

Young guinea fowl with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Cooked meats

Andouillette

Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Langoustine tartare with mango

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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