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Mole chicken
Mole : sauce made with peanuts, cocoa, chili, sesame, tomato and thickened with corn dough, bread, or tortilla (fried and crumbled).
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Pork filet mignon with duchess potatoes
Duchess potatoes : purée of mashed potato and egg yolk baked until golden.
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Redcurrant vacherin
Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.
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Tempura
Japan.
Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.
Sea fish
Capon in a salt crust
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
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Grilled entrecote over vine shoots with Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms
Bordeaux-style porcini mushrooms : porcini mushrooms sautéed in olive oil with chopped shallots and breadcrumbs.
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Trout with smoked bacon
Trout served with smoked bacon bits and seasoned with persillade (a mixture of parsley and garlic).
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Peking duck 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.
Sheep and Goats
Roasted saddle of lamb with mixed spring vegetables
Saddle : unseparated loin (from rib to leg) from both sides of the animal.
Mixed vegetables : Vegetables cut into sticks, boiled, drained and mixed with peas.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Sheep and Goats
Milk-fed lamb with porcini mushrooms
Milk-fed lamb : lamb aged between 4 and 6 weeks, weighing between 5.5 and 8 kg.
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Frikandel
Minced beef with breadcrumbs, eggs and onion cooked in a round patty shape and served with a spicy sauce.
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Pleasant ridge reserve
United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 to 14 months.
Desserts
Damson bagatelle
Bagatelle : sponge cake cut into pieces mixed with fruits, cream, and sometimes jam.
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