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Kouign amann
France. Brittany. Finistère. Douarnenez.
Crispy cake made with bread dough containing butter and sugar, folded in layers, like puff pastry but with fewer layers.
Served warm or hot.
Cheeses
Harbison
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Sheep and Goats
Seven hour braised leg of lamb with sweet potatoes
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.
One thigh is called Chump. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Seven hours : slow-cooked in wine with garlic and herbs until the meat falls off the bone.
Shellfish and Seafood
Lobster with linden butter
Linden butter sauce : creamed linden infusion, reduced, then buttered.
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Strawberry vacherin
Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.
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Sole goujonnettes with Nantua sauce
Goujonnette : small fish fillet cut on the bias.
Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.
Sea fish
Halibut fillets with parsley sauce
Parsley sauce : parsley, lemon juice and olive oil or butter.
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Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes
Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.
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Oven-baked croque-monsieur with bechamel sauce
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel sauce, baked golden.
Béchamel sauce : white roux (half butter, half flour) thinned with milk or cream.
Poultry
Glazed fattened chicken with sweet spices
To glaze : to spread honey over the skin of an animal before cooking in order to achieve a crispy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.
Game animals
Venison fillet with huntsman sauce
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.
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Chocolate and passion fruit 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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Sea bass supreme with beurre blanc sauce
Fish suprême : boneless fillet.
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Shellfish and Seafood
Lobster a la nage
Nage : cooked in a delicate broth flavored with butter, white wine, vegetables, and aromatic herbs.
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