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Meal families

Desserts

Coffee and chocolate marquise

Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).

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Offal and tripe

Lamb kidneys and white wine

Kidneys pan-fried in oil and braised in wine.

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Desserts

Mirlitons de Pont-Audemer

France. Normandy. Pont-Audemer.
Crispy almond rolled biscuit filled with praline mousse and sealed at the ends with dark chocolate.

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Sea fish

Sea bass whith cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Beef

Roasted rib steak with chanterelles

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.

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Veal

Roasted rack of veal with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Poultry

Ostrich tournedos with béarnaise sauce

Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Cooked meats

Trush pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Cheeses

Feuille de Dreux

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Eure et Loir. Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Freshwater fish

Eel with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Sea fish

Salmon carpaccio with lime

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

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Pork

Pork shoulder with diable sauce

France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Pork shoulder coated in a mustard sauce with garlic, shallot and parsley, wrapped in pig's caul fat.

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Salads

Waldorf salad

Julienned apple and celery salad with walnuts and a mayonnaise dressing.

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Desserts

Wild strawberries mille-feuille

Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Mussels with curry sauce

Curry sauce : velouté curry and cream.

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Pork

Catalan pork cheek

Pork cheek stewed with a slice of ham, garlic and Seville orange peel.
Sauce based white wine, veal stock and Seville orange juice.

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Pork

Ham with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Served hot.

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Offal and tripe

Roast veal kidney with horseradish sauce

Horseradish sauce : velouté with grated horseradish added.

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