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Meal families

Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled crab

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Endive with ham in papillote

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop gratin

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Desserts

Red velvet cake

United States.
Chocolate layer cake covered with ermine icing, cream cheese frosting or buttercream frosting.
Traditionally served at Christmas or Valentine's Day.

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Sea fish

Brill with Normandy sauce

Normandy sauce : Bechamel with added fresh cream.

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Pork

Pork chop with Roquefort sauce

Roquefort sauce : Roquefort melted in milk with fresh cream.

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Sheep and Goats

Roasted saddle of lamb with thyme

Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.

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Cheeses

Andazul

Spain. Andalusia.
Blue-veined pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 to 4 months.

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Rabbit

Rabbit with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Sauces

Hollandaise sauce

Vinegar reduction with shallots, mixed with egg yolk and melted butter.

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Sea fish

Roast sea bass in a 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

Sardinade

Whole, unfiletted sardines drizzled with a little olive oil with thyme or herbs cooked on a grill.

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Appetizers

Gougères with Maroilles

Gougères stuffed with Maroilles cheese.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Fettucine Alfredo with mushrooms

Fetuccine Alfredo : pasta dish consisting of long pasta mixed with butter and parmesan cheese.

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Pork

Marinated pork skewers

Marinated tenderloin of pork with garlic, oregano, paprika and salt.

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Poultry

Fattened chicken in demi-deuil with albufera sauce

Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Albufera sauce : supreme sauce (cream of poultry and/or veal reduced and added with cream) supplemented with meat glaze and sometimes duck foie gras and Port wine.

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Cheeses

Ocooch Mountain

United States. Wisconsin.
Semi-soft raw sheep's milk cheese with a natural straw rind.
Ripening : 3-4 months.

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Poultry

Duck breast with Fougerolles griottines

Griottines : cherries macerated in kirsch liqueur.

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