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Main courses
Jambalaya a la provençale
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Poultry and saffron rice preparation.
Offal and tripe
Braised veal sweetbreads with perigourdine sauce
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Perigourdine sauce : Périgueux sauce (white wine reduction with blonde roux and diced black truffles) enhanced with onions, shallots and duck foie gras.
Cured Meats
Andouille de Guémené
Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.
Poultry
Young turkey with Champagne sauce
Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.
Veal
Grilled veal tendron
Tendron : french butcher's cut from the veal breast containing cartilage and layers of fat and meat.
Shellfish and Seafood
Scallops cassolette with porcini mushrooms
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Mango charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Miscellaneous
Club sandwich
Triple-decker toasted sandwich, often cut into quarters or halves and held together with a toothpick, made with turkey or chicken breast, crispy bacon, lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and mayonnaise.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes in pinzimonio
Pinzimonio : raw vegetables to dip in salted and peppered olive oil, sometimes with vinegar.
Cheeses
Vieux Boulogne
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Poultry
Pigeon en vessie with cream sauce
En vessie : meat poach in pork bladder. Like cooking under vacuum.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Farcis
A hot or cold dish made from hollowed-out vegetables (tomatoes, zucchinis, onions, artichokes, bell peppers, cabbages, eggplants…) stuffed with a filling made of ground meat or sausage meat, mixed with breadcrumbs and herbs.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Panna cotta
Italy.
Dessert made by mixing heavy cream with egg whites and honey, cooked in a bain-marie.
Seafish
Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.