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Meal families

Sheep and Goats

Lamb noisette with garlic cream

Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
Garlic cream : sauce made with cream and cooked garlic.

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Desserts

Pineapple crumble

Crumble : a baked dish consisting of a layer of fruits, vegetables, meat, etc., topped with a crumbly mixture of butter, flour, and sugar, baked until the topping is crisp.

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Desserts

Red berry bavarian cream

Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling with cherries

Duckling : young duck.

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Main meals

Moroccan lamb tajine

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sea fish

Roasted sea bass with basil butter

Basil butter : butter and basil.

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Desserts

Pear zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Consommé and Soup

Minestrone

Vegetable soup with beans, sometimes pasta or rice, accompanied by a pesto (sauce made with olive oil, basil, garlic and grated cheese).

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Desserts

Apricot charlotte

Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Spiny lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Desserts

Tropézienne

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Brioche split in two and filled with a mixture of pastry cream and buttercream, topped with pearl sugar.

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Offal and tripe

Sautéed veal sweetbreads with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roast baron of lamb with herbs

Baron : rear half of a lamb carcass including the back, rump, belly and both rear legs.

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Sea fish

Brandade with black truffle

Brandade : mixture of fish and olive oil.

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Desserts

Red berry pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Sauces

Mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Salad

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