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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Saintonge mouclade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes. Charentes-Maritimes.
Dish with bouchot mussels and garlic, bouquet garni, Charentes butter, cream, saffron, shallots, egg yolks and Pineau des Charentes (or dry white wine of Charentes or Cognac).

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Sea fish

Monkfish and spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Rove des garrigues

Fresh cheese from goat's milk flavored with herbs (lavender, rosemary, thyme).

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Sea fish

Provencal hake steak

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Provencal : crushed tomatoes, garlic and parsley cooked in olive oil.

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Poultry

Pigeon with orange

Orange sauce : orange juice with white wine (or poultry or veal stock) reduced.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetables in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops cassolette with black truffle

Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with sorrel sauce

Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch fillets with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Sea fish

Slab of salmon with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Ice cream and sorbets

Spice ice cream

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