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Meal families

Sauces

Bordelaise sauce

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

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Desserts

Flemish waffle

Waffle filled with a mixture of light brown sugar, butter, and rum, often flavored with vanilla.

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Pork

Pig’s trotters pâté

Served cold or at room temperature.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Asparagus flan

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Meat lasagna

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Desserts

Apricot marquise

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

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Sea fish

Grilled red mullet with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Bay scallop skewers with béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks. Served hot.

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Cheeses

Dirt lover

United States. Missouri.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind covered in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 2 weeks.

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Main meals

Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage

Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

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Cooked meats

Speck

Austria. Tirol.
Smoked and cured ham with juniper notes.

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Cold starters

Vegetable aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

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Condiments

Curry

Spicy preparation of yellow or orange color, very fragrant, ranging from very mild to very spicy.

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Cheeses

San Andreas

United States. California.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind and straw-colored crust.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.

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