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Cooked meats
Cold cut buffet
Buffet : all the dishes of the meal are served on a table, the guests serve themselves.
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Small chitterling sausage with red wine
Sausage cooked with red wine and deglazed with cream.
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Crayfish a la nage in a beurre blanc sauce
Nage : baking in a broth flavoured with butter, white wine, vegetables and herbs.
Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.
Cheeses
Montboissié du Haut Livradois
France. Auvergne.
Semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a striking vein of ash through the middle and a washed rind.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.
Sea fish
Avruga caviar
Kipper ( smoked herring), coloured with squid ink, served like fish roe (caviar substitute).
> view pairingsConsommé and Soup
Chowder
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente. Vendée.
Fish soup that can be served with potatoes or slices of bread.
Sauces
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).
> view pairingsMushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Spaghetti alla puttanesca
Pasta cooked with tomato, salted anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and peppers.
> view pairingsPork
Sandwich jambon beurre
France.
Ham sandwich with half a fresh baguette cut lengthwise, spread with butter (with or without salt) and filled with slices of ham.
Sea fish
Salmon blanquette
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Desserts
Chocolate and raspberry parfait
Parfait : frozen dessert made from fresh cream and eggs with a flavouring (alcohol, crushed fresh or dried fruit, chocolate, vanilla ...).
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Pasta salad with neapolitan sauce
Neapolitan sauce : tomato sauce with garlic, herbs (basil, oregano, parsley), olive oil, onion, pepper and salt.
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Raspberry trifle
Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake covered with fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes jam, custard and whipped cream arranged in layers.
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