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Meal families

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Red berry trifle

Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.

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Seafish

Braised sea bass with fennel

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Pasta dish made with tomatoes cooked with salted anchovies, garlic, capers, olives, and chili.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pecan pie

Dish usually served with whipped cream.

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Main courses

Poutine

Canada. Quebec.
French fries and fresh cheddar cheese curds topped with brown gravy.
Demi-glace (brown sauce) : reduced sauce made from brown stock and tomato purée.

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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Dark chocolate sorbet

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.

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Cured Meats

Rillettes de Tours

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Cold cut made from shredded pork meat, slowly cooked over low heat in fat and seasoned with salt, pepper, spices, and Vouvray wine.

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Miscellaneous

Ossetra caviar

Russian caviar.

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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Macarons

Cupcakes made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Seafish

Sea bass supreme with beurre blanc sauce

Fish suprême : boneless fillet.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Cheeses

Clothbound Cheddar

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.

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