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Meal families

Sea fish

Sole fillets with meunière sauce

Meunière sauce : cooking juices with butter, chopped parsley, and lemon juice.

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Cheeses

Smažený hermelín

Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind breaded.

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Desserts

Rhubarb pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted oysters

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Others

Frog legs with garlic butter

Garlic butter : butter with garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Clams with mariniere sauce

Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.

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Cheeses

Provolone dolce

Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk made with calf rennet.
Ripening : 2 to 4 months.

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Poultry

Poached chicken with supreme sauce

Supreme sauce : velouté of poultry and/or veal that is reduced and enriched with cream.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with a julienne of vegetable

Julienne : vegetables cut into batons.

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Desserts

Walnut mocha cake

Mocha cake : sponge cake with coffee-flavored buttercream.

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Sea fish

Duo of John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Poultry

Roasted duckling

Duckling : young duck.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Roasted prawns

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Cheeses

Coulommiers

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux. Coulommiers.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Blueberry 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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Ice cream and sorbets

Honey ice cream

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop carpaccio with black truffle oil

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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